She brings a shawl out into the garden, cuddles into the chair next to mine. We listen to the sounds of the crickets and me swinging from the whiskey bottle. The air caresses the cacti needles behind us and all…
Anna won the InkTears Flash Fiction prize in 2017 and the TSS competition in 2015. Her fairy tale took second place in Vernal Equinox Flash Fiction Competition in 2018. She was also published by the National Flash Fiction anthologies, Spelk Fiction, Café Aphra, Reflex Fiction, Spontaneity, Visual Verse and Firefly magazine.
Anna Tweets @AnitchkaNE
The Hunger Dance
He is exhausted and energetic. His eyelids droop. His hands and arms flail out, his jaw jerks. The gestures are repetitive and violent. He opens a bin, looks in it for a moment and slams it shut. Everyone at the…
A Single Shining Dot
The eye-shaped tree knot on the coffee table looks at me with unblinking intensity. The graffiti of sun rays coming out of the window frame extends onto the floor, ceiling and the adjacent wall. It says: ‘No limits’. I’d love…
The Bubble
Pop is our favourite word. We listen to pop music, eat popcorn, suck popsicles and lollipops. You pop over to mine and we watch TV until we fall asleep on the sofa, bubble gum wrappers stuck to our faces. It…
