Why I Left You That Day in a Pawnshop by Riham Adly I pawned you for cheap, for real cheap on the bitter-cold, July night of 1952, amidst the changing face of our city. I went to the pawn-shop on…
BackStory: Five Questions with K. Noel Moore
BackStory: Five Questions with K. Noel Moore Author of Homecoming Who are your favourite historical fiction writers and why? A: Emma Donoghue, hands down. I loved Room as much as anybody, but it’s her historical work I really can’t get…
Homecoming
Homecoming by K. Noel Moore Someone’s bound to recognize me among the influx of new arrivals to Richmond Barracks. Someone’s bound to realize that as court-martials begin and a steady trickle of prisoners are set free, I remain inside. I’m…
BackStory: Five Questions with Adachioma Ezeano
BackStory: Five Questions with Adachioma Ezeano Author of Of Chinwoke What inspired you to write ‘Of Chinwoke’? I grew up surrounded by stories about the Biafra war. Stories about families that stayed together, loved, were almost unbroken, until a child…
Of Chinwoke
Of Chinwoke by Adachioma Ezeano Papa didn’t drink the pap I passed him. Papa just picked six pieces of the bean-cakes, and pushed over his plates. Chinwoke would have run to Papa. He would have taken the remaining bean-cakes, carried…
BackStory: Five Questions with C. G. Thompson
BackStory: Five Questions with C. G. Thompson Author of Sixteen Time Zones from Home What inspired you to write ‘Sixteen Time Zones from Home’? Several of my relatives served in World War II, though in some cases I didn’t know…
Sixteen Time Zones From Home
Sixteen Time Zones from Home by C. G. Thompson for “Lucky” January, 1944. Perched on a bunk in the depths of the battleship, he considers a letter to his parents. The night before, he and his shipmates had crossed the…
Timeline: FlashBack’s Fourth Season
We’re pausing today to celebrate the end of our fourth season of publication, and to mention a few of our events that are coming up. We’ll post more details about each of these events separately, but here are the important…
BackStory: Six Questions with Mary Morrissy
BackStory: Six Questions with Mary Morrissy Author of Iceblink What inspired you to write ‘Iceblink’? The life story of the protagonist, Fred Fleet, the lookout man on the Titanic, who killed himself aged 77. Were there any interesting facts, details,…
Iceblink
Iceblink by Mary Morrissy Down below you could hear them revelling, hallooing. Boots hoofing on boards, someone’s birthday. Wouldn’t half-mind being down there with them, instead of here, perched in the crow’s nest, blowing on your perished hands. You and…