Sleepwalker – James Tierney Dressed in his wedding suit, he escaped his bedroom and walked the chalk between worlds. I could not say what reality…
Silent Partner – Alexis Wolfe The bones of her buttocks imprint my seat pad. Even before I was required, she was one of those women,…
Medusa takes a Lover – Bayveen O’Connell When Medusa takes a lover, she must keep her eyes closed. Her myriad snake-eyes reflect only fragments of…
Letting Go – Damhnait Monaghan She keeps her body under wraps – the fat, the bingo wings, varicose veins, wrinkles. She is dyed, blow dried,…
Godfall – Stephen O’Reilly The sky ruptured and God fell out of heaven onto a derelict piece of land near the city centre. A homeless…
Forever Bleating – Anuja Ghimire In Octobers of permanence, I tried to run past three tributaries of fresh blood. Straight, steep street to my house.…
Forecast – Susanne Stich We walk in the forest for hours. Bark masks us. Occasionally we call out to each other from afar, I’m here,…
Congrats to Splonk authors Jane Lavelle and Ashling Dennehy for making the BIFFY50, the top 50 flash in Britain & Ireland, with stories published in…
Splonk Issue 4 submissions will open on 14th August, and close on the 11th September 2020. Issue 4 will be published on Hallowe’en, the 31st October – if you…
Splonk has nominated the following flash stories, from Issue 2, Jan. 2020 and Issue 3, June 2020, for the Best of the Net anthology: Matt…