Hi. It’s me. I’m the Court. Flash me.

Five hundred words or fewer, please. Fiction or nonfiction, I don’t care, and I don’t dissemble. No need to define genre, truly truly. We’re all rebel writers here.

I also dngaf about arc. Your evil main character persists in her evil ways? More power to her. Your plot thickens but never coalesces? Whatever. That’s life. I’m great with fragmentation. I’m happy with hybridity. I’m all about an unresolved ending.

So give me your misguided but earnest conversations, your steamy scenes, your personal polemics.  Give me your queer, your diverse, your dream. Come one, come all—just keep it short and snappy and sassy. Lyricism and lingering language welcome. Prose poetry is perfect. Transgression is even better.

Unfortunately, at present, in order to keep the lights on, I must charge a $5 reading fee per submission. Publications, however, will always be paid $50 apiece. Find breathtaking work here on Flash the Court every Friday until forever.

Want to try something new? Try it here. With me.

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Court Harler, Founder & Editor in Chief

COURT HARLER is a queer writer, editor, and educator based in Northern Kentucky. She holds an MA and an MFA. She’s owner of Harler Literary LLC and former editor in chief of CRAFT Literary Magazine. Her award-winning, multigenre work has been published around the world. Learn more at harlerliterary.llc or find her on Instagram @CourtneyHarler.