Vestal Review

Vestal Review

The oldest flash fiction magazine around. Submissions currently CLOSED until February 1, 2022.

JUNE 2024 01/07/2024

“The Difference Between an Opening Sentence and an End-Sentence” in the latest Brilliant Flash Fiction
https://brilliantflashfiction.com/2024/06/30/june-2024/ (last piece in the June issue). Makes a point usable in any workshop.

JUNE 2024 Modern LoveBy David Waters I lock the door, hike up my dress, roll down my pantyhose, and perch on the toilet in the bathroom of Ed Dwyer’s Victorian townhouse. I look around. The only bright color…

26/06/2024

Also, the usual string of "authors we've published but not for this story"--proud of everyone.

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The next trio of pull-quotes from Vestal Review 64, with an eye-catching cover, Milkweed, by artist Milo Davis! https://www.vestalreview.net/milkweed
JD DeLuzio https://www.vestalreview.net/concerto
Sean Ennis https://www.vestalreview.net/wooing
Gary Fincke https://www.vestalreview.net/the-bottled-ghosts

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The second batch of pull-quotes from our 64th issue:

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A stellar lineup for Vestal Review issue 64, out today! https://www.vestalreview.net/issue-64 See below for the table of contents, along with three pull-quotes (we'll post three a day for a week).

Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review 06/06/2024

We extended our submission deadline to June 10, then got caught in a portal glitch, which is as painful as it sounds. The good news: back to receiving your writing again, and thanks for being patient.

Submission Guidelines — Vestal Review Submission guidelines SUBMIT Vestal Review is a magazine for flash fiction. We realize that a flash story has different definitions, and all of them have merit. For us, a flash story is no longer than 500 words, and it moves from point A to point B. If it’s longer than 500 words or is too static,...

15/02/2024
12/02/2024

We're back! Hope to see you soon.

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Desperate love, an interview, and a book review close out our VR 63 postings.

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VR 63. And what's more--

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What my brother told me about my wife, and the triumphant ascension of the mud witch, in VR 63

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But wait, there's more! Indefatigable, that's Vestal Review.

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Two more lead-ins to VR 63 stories....

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Third installment of two daily pull-quotes from VR issue 63

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The latest installment of tempting pull-quotes from Vestal Review 63:

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Check out these pieces in VR 63, just out! https://vestalreview.net/issue-63/

Issue 63 - Vestal Review 11/12/2023

Issue 64 of Vestal Review is now out! Everything from an airline with zero tolerance for rude passengers to the triumphant ascendance of a mud witch, all at
https://vestalreview.net/issue-63/
https://www.facebook.com/sacha.bissonnette?__tn__=%2Cd
https://www.facebook.com/kathryn.kulpa11.11
https://www.facebook.com/dawn.miller.58323
https://www.facebook.com/beth.y.lee.5
https://www.facebook.com/francesca.leader
https://www.facebook.com/diamond.braxton.18

Issue 63 - Vestal Review These are harrowing times, and perhaps our Winter 2023 offering reflects that. Delete “perhaps.” a school class in an unsuspected danger zoneanContinue readingIssue 63

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Final pull-quotes, teasers to make you want to read further: https://vestalreview.net/issue-62

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Second-to-last installment from VR 62: https://vestalreview.net/issue-62

17/06/2023

Glim below:

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And this just in! Okay, in on June 10. https://vestalreview.net/issue-62

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Installment of VR 62: two flash author interviews at https://vestalreview.net/issue-62

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Installment five from VR 62, https://vestalreview.net/issue-62/

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The next in a series of "What's in VR 62?" https://vestalreview.net/issue-62

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Second installment of previews from VR 62 (https://vestalreview.net/issue-62)

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Issue 62 is out! https://vestalreview.net/issue-62 Here are two story leads.

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