Flash or microfiction, is perfect for when you are short on time. Here is our edit of the best short stories by women that you can read in the next hour, Roxanne Gay and more. 

Flash fiction: best microfiction and short stories by top authors

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Everyone Cried by Lydia Davis

You’re An Ugly Crier by Megan Giddings

The Blind Man by Kate Chopin 

Curriculum by Sejal Shah

Bang Bang On The Stair by Diane Williams

The Weight by Anne Enright

A Girl Turns To Stone by Ruth Joffre

Unnecessary Things by Tatyana Tolstaya

Requiem For A Glass Heart by Roxane Gay

Have You Ever Met One? by Rivka Galchen

Bites of flash fiction from Lydia Davis, Roxane Gay and more. 

10 super-short and seriously powerful reads

Flash fiction: the best microfiction and short stories by women