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​1. Magic Flaw - V.M. Devadas (Malayalam flash fiction 'Maanthrikappizhavu', translated to English by Minu Varghese 

2. The Housefly - David Butler 

3. Banking - Catherine McNamara

4. The Spot - Alan McCormick

5. Lady of the Lotus - Aamer Hussein

6. The Furry Falls in Love - Ravi Shankar 

7. The Witness - W. Jack Savage

8. Love is Always an Innovation - Hanif Kureishi 


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9. Rahad - Alan McCormick ​

10. Earth Angel - Niles Reddick 

11.The Plot - Murali Kamma 

12. Life Looked at From A Single Window - C.J. Anderson-Wu 

13. The Darker Side of the Moon - Riham Adly ​

14. Lightning - Annie Bien

15. The Library - Elaine Barnard 

16. Ex - Brindley Hallam Dennis

17. February - Aamer Hussein

18. My Melody - 
T.L. Sherwood
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 19. The Lunch Box - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar 

20. The Day of the Dead - Steve Wade 

21. Liberation - Bruce Meyer 

22. Pink Capri - S.B. Borgersen 

23. ​Angelo and the Tiger - Gillian Brown 

24. A Letter With No Address - Muddasir Ramzan 

25. Leaving - Janet Olearski 

26. The Non Swimmer - Brindley Hallam Dennis 

27. Howie -
Elaine Barnard

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28. Project Compassion - Mahesh Nair 

29. The Forge - Neil Campbell 

30. The Literary Prize Winner - Murali Kamma 

31. To Catch the Tide - Oscar Windsor-Smith 

32. Nirvana - Gillian Brown 

33. The Terrorist - Elaine Barnard 

34. Marketing - C.J. Anderson-Wu 

​35. You - Jacqueline P. Vincent 

​36. Pigeons Don't Save Lives -
Rachel J. Fenton
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​37. Predator and Prey - Steve Wade 

​38. A Cinderella Story - Susmita Bhattacharya 

​39. A Worn Path - Neil Campbell 

​40. Walking With A Friend - Niles Reddick

41. All The Leaves - Rachel J Fenton

42. We've Been Married Eight Years and My Husband Still Brings Me Flowers - Paul Beckman

43. Enormous Gigantic Titanic Love - Alexis Wolfe

44. Cirque du Taudis, New Delhi - Damyanti Biswas 

45. The Last Snowfall - 
Brindley Hallam Dennis
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46. Breast - Neil Campbell 

​47. Race Days - Janet Olearski

48. Mannequin Love - Prathap Kamath 

49. Head or Tails - Cyril Dabydeen

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50. Out of Nineveh - James W. Wood

51. The Story-tellers Gene - Keltie Zubco 

52. The Blade Deceives - Soufyaan Timol 

53. Till Life - Jonathan Taylor 

54. Where is the Light? -
Alan McCormick
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55. Plastic Breath - Alfredo Salvatore Arcilesi 

56. Minicab - Patrick Williamson 

57. The Trolley Tracks - Patrick Douglas Legay 

58. Doctor Death - Neil Campbell 

59. Dogs Without Men - Steve Wade 

60. Eve's Night Out - Henri Colt 

61. From Coalman's Corner to Eternity - S. B. Borgersen 

62. Visits - Rachel J. Fenton 

63. All Their Sons -
Michelle Christophorou
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64. Mirages - Jackie Bayless  

65. Paṟavai kūṇṭu - Martin Bradley

66. The Man in the Back Seat - Flora Jardine 

67. Yellow Haze - Ashley Stokes 

68. In the Back of a Santa Barbara Bus -
Mark Tulin 

69. A Temporary Accommodation - Brindley Hallam Dennis 

70. I Love You Now Leave Me Alone - Brian Kirk 

71. Burdening - Davina Philomena Kawuma

72. Choosing Suicide - Soufyaan Timol

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73. Portrait in a Cafe Latte - Gillian Brown

74. Felt Beginnings - Anne Howkins

75. My Mother Nature - Joshua Kepreotis 

76. The Curious Case of the Closet - Murali Kamma 

77. Score 1 – Locked Down - Susmita Bhattacharya 

78. Black Tie - Dragan Todorovic 

79. In the Woods - Ann Stoney 

80. His Scarlet Crimson Sins - Shijo Varghese

81. Granny - Stephen Smythe 


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82. Another Chance - Palak Tewary 

83. Tunnel Vision - Oliver Barton 

84. I Smelled the Mangoes - Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar 

85. Broken Nights. Shattered - Bob Thurber 

​86. Wax - Bruce Meyer 

87. If a Tree Falls - Rachel O'Cleary

88.Dear Mom, Boston is Good - Linda Wastila 

89.Time and Tide - June Hunter

90. A Place Called Home - Gillian Brown 


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​91. The Children's Gallery - Edward Barnfield

​92. A Moving Soul - Cyril Dabydeen 

93. Ricky - Adam Kelly Morton 

94. Glass - Karenne Griffin 

95. The Distance - Brindley Hallam Dennis 

​96. Lucky - Kasturi Patra 

97. The Hungry Ghost - Cath Barton

98. Saturday's Shame - Yvonne Clarke

99. Vessel - Sudha Balagopal



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100. Spaceships - Ruth Geldard 

​101. The Beach Walker - David Mohan 

102. Love Your Neighbour - Stephen Smythe 

103. Coming Home for Christmas - Susmita Bhattacharya

104. The Alpha and the Beta - Steve Wade 

105. The Eleventh Hour - Valerie Troy 

106. The Weaving Together of Threads - R.J. Kinnarney 

107. Exhaustion - Lindy Newns 

108. Housekeeping - Deborah Appleton  

109. A Plague of Monsters - Oscar Windsor-Smith 

110. Pram, 1945 - Emma Venables
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111. On the Road to Lisbon, A Detour - Rose Morris 

112. When You Make an Impression on a Crow - Rayna Haralambieva 

113. Family, After All - Susan E. Rogers

114. The Dark Empty - Susan Cardosi

115. Al Pacino of the Welsh Valleys - Stephen Smythe


116. Wishing AAA had been DDD - Jan Kaneen

117. Backpack - Peter Wallace 

118. ​Man from Lahore - ​Cyril Dabydeen 

119. The Potato Thief - Katherine Koller
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120. Guilt Trip - ​Yvonne Clarke

121. And then a Man Sat Beside Me on the Bench - Pete Armstrong

122. Old Friends - Oliver J. Batchelor

123. Angrita - Judith Segal

124. Spin Doctors - Michael Pettifer

125. Happy Birthday, Eileen - Hannah Mitchell

126. A Haiku for Richard - Oscar Windsor-Smith 

127. The Firefly Park - Venkataramanan Ganesan

128. The Fourth P - Stephen Smythe 

129. Googlies - Richard Garcka

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130.Handfuls of Earth - Claire Schön​

131. A debt-free, happy life awaits you - Eleonora Balsano 

132. Two Peas in a Pod - Riham Adly

133. Mogambo - Rashmi Agrawal 

134. The Piano Tuner - Michael Pettifer

135. I Want These Taken Off - ​Georgia Boon 

136. Gift Giving - 
Francois Bereaud

137. Vanessa's Story -​ Cyril Dabydeen

138. A Lion's Tail on the Number 11 - Cath Barton



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139. Exactly Like That - Aneeta Sundararaj 

140. She Has to Die - Robert Kibble 

141.St. James'sPark at Twilight - Olga Wojtas 


142.The Lighthouse Keeper - James W.Wood 

143.A Tree Without Branches - Rayna Haralambieva

144. Wish You Were Here - Suzanne Hicks 

145. The Seamstress - Sudha Subramanian 

146. Angelo Sorento’s Last Story​ - Nathan Alling Long 

147. Holiday Snaps - June Hunter
 

148. Tommy and Sammy - Brindley Hallam Dennis
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149. A Beautiful Moment - Aneeta Sundararaj 

150. The Mirror - ​Michael Pettifer 

151. Lou Reed Eats a Scone - ​Tim Tomlinson 

152. If I Could Restart My Story - ​Sharon Boyle

153. Rise and Fall in Troubled Waters - ​Michael Pettifer 

154. ​Marianne's Magical Finger Saves the Day - Leanne Drain 

155. Filling Up - Katie Holloway 

156. Lost at Sea - ​Denise Eaton 

157. A Sweet Obituary - ​Aneeta Sundararaj

158. ​Running - ​Sam Szanto

159. ​Girl in Flight - ​Sangeetha G
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160. Four Seasons - Paul Germano 

161. The Jasmine Vine - ​Sangeetha G 

162. ​The Dropt Kerchief - Oliver Barton 

163. ​Serendipity - Gillian Brown 

164. ​Crossing the Line - Kevin Cheeseman 

165.​ The Christmas Market - Steve Wade 

166. ​The Day That George Became Real - June O' Sullivan

167. The Peach Housecoat - Jackie Bayless

168. No Adults Present - Murali Kamma


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169. Mama's Kitchen - Chandrika R Krishnan

170. Diamonds Are Forever - Aneeta Sundararaj

171. Five Breathtaking Places To Visit Before You Die - Susan L. Lin

172. Understanding Binary - Dianne Bown-Wilson

173. The Biscuit Factory - Cath Barton

174. Cruel City of Gold - 
Birgit Solvsten D'Alpoim Guedes

175. The New Abode -Sudha Vishwanathan

176. The Spy Chief Eats a Meal a Day - Edward Barnfield 

177. Bully - Stephen Smythe


178. Dralion - Shannon Frost Greenstein

179. How to Smile - Sarveswari Saikrishna

180. Our Gran, The Magician - Heather Haigh

181. The Carrington Sofa​ - Chris Cottom

182. ​The Weight of Grace - ​Fiona Dignan

183. It's Only Swimming - 
Dr. Dianne Bown-Wilson​

184. You Look Like You're Writing A Novel - J.W. Wood

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