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FlashBack Fiction (page 5) — Historical Flash

Snow in March

Posted on: 24 September 2018 Last updated on: 24 September 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

Snow in March by Emma Venables Anna skirts around the ruins of Berlin, around burst waterpipes and mangled tramlines. Her eyes are on the blue, inspecting the gap-toothed skyline for movement. She stands on her tiptoes, gets knocked sideways by a…

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BackStory: Four Questions with Claire Polders

Posted on: 21 September 2018 Last updated on: 17 September 2018 Written by: Claire Polders

BackStory: Four Questions with Claire Polders Author of Inner Thief What inspired you to write “Inner Thief”? My grandmother, who is over one hundred years old, lived through the Second World War and the German occupation as a young bride…

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Inner Thief

Posted on: 17 September 2018 Last updated on: 17 September 2018 Written by: Claire Polders

Inner Thief by Claire Polders Her husband folds his hand over hers, the one wielding the knife, and she stops slicing the breakfast bread. He says they have enough. Their eyes meet. The word “enough” sounds foreign to her, as…

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Timeline: FlashBack’s Second Season

Posted on: 27 August 2018 Last updated on: 27 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

Timeline: FlashBack’s Second Season We’ve had a stellar second season of FlashBack fiction. Just in case you’ve missed any of our fantastic stories and authors, here is a timeline of all the work we’ve published this quarter, in chronological order. …

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BackStory: Five Questions with Sarah Arantza Amador

Posted on: 24 August 2018 Last updated on: 20 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

BackStory: Five Questions with Sarah Arantza Amador Author of In Dead Waters What inspired you to write this ‘In Dead Waters’? My parents were preparing for a trip to Marseille and Provence earlier this year, and I happened to read…

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In Dead Waters

Posted on: 20 August 2018 Last updated on: 20 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

In Dead Waters by Sarah Arantza Amador You think we stayed safe while you discovered the New World. The calendar marches forward but seasons come in cycles. Spring brought pirates at rosy dawn and we were under attack. We held our…

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BackStory: Five Questions with Susmita Bhattacharya

Posted on: 17 August 2018 Last updated on: 17 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

BackStory: Five Questions with Susmita Bhattacharya Author of The Partitioning of Dreams What inspired you to write ‘The Partitioning of Dreams’? Growing up in India, we always celebrated Independence Day on the 15th of August with such a sense of…

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The Partitioning of Dreams

Posted on: 13 August 2018 Last updated on: 13 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

The Partitioning of Dreams by Susmita Bhattacharya She kept walking. Though her feet were raw and bleeding she kept walking. Though her tongue was swollen with thirst and her eyes crusted with tears, she kept walking. She lost a slipper…

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BackStory: Six Questions with Tia Ja’Nae

Posted on: 10 August 2018 Last updated on: 10 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

  BackStory: Six Questions with Tia Ja’Nae Author of Once Upon A Time In Philadelphia What inspired you to write this piece? The MOVE Bombing happened in my lifetime. This could have easily been my neighbourhood. Anyone’s neighbourhood, really. But…

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Once Upon A Time In Philadelphia

Posted on: 6 August 2018 Last updated on: 6 August 2018 Written by: Ingrid Jendrzejewski

  Once Upon A Time In Philadelphia by Tia Ja’Nae Steel melts at 2500°F. Pigs made sure it’s hotter than that so our dark, meaty flesh roasts to a crisp at the police barbeque. Feels like I’m melting. Can’t barely…

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BackStory: Five Questions with Christine Collinson

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A Piecer’s Tale

  Once Upon A Time In Philadelphia by Tia Ja’Nae Steel melts at 2500°F. Pigs made sure it’s hotter than that so our dark, meaty flesh roasts to a crisp at the police barbeque. Feels like I’m melting. Can’t barely…
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BackStory: Five Questions with Michelle Hemstedt

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The Essex Girl

  Once Upon A Time In Philadelphia by Tia Ja’Nae Steel melts at 2500°F. Pigs made sure it’s hotter than that so our dark, meaty flesh roasts to a crisp at the police barbeque. Feels like I’m melting. Can’t barely…
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BackStory: Five Questions with Steve Campbell

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