The Hemlock Journal

Category: Flash fiction

  • ‘Bombay: 1939—2025’ by Aditi Dasgupta

    I know it is not 1939. I just need it to be. “The city was well-planned in places but equally squalid and congested in others. Today, as I walked through…

    ‘Bombay: 1939—2025’ by Aditi Dasgupta

  • ‘The End Is Just the Beginning’ by Joel S. Savishinsky

          Depressed, he knew he was listening to too many talk shows on his cellphone. Standing in line, tuned in again while waiting for three prescriptions in Aisle 32 of his…

    ‘The End Is Just the Beginning’ by Joel S. Savishinsky

  • ‘Microsoft Maintenance’ by Joseph Fleckenstein

    I was visiting Dave, a professional designer who does drafting for me. Dave met me at the door and led the way to his office. He works from home and…

  • Issue 7 (Spring 2025)

    Delivering our unbreakable promise of celebrating literature and art, here we present The Hemlock Journal‘s Issue 7 (Spring 2025), featuring writers, poets and artists from around the world. The Issue…

    Issue 7 (Spring 2025)

  • ‘Tracing My Roots’ by Somedutta Chakraborty

    The Hemlock Journal is currently accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate. It is said that the tresses of our hair are infused with fragments of our…

  • ‘They Told My Friend’ by Amita Basu

    The Hemlock Journal is accepting submissions for Poetry Writing Contest. Click here to participate.       They told my friend: ‘Stop washing your face.’    Daniel kept the cleanest face, at school – before…

  • ‘The Fable of 32-11 and 2’ by Michael G McLaughlin

    You usually saw him drinking with the expats in Tom’s Bar on Calle Constitution in Ajijic, Mexico. No one knew where he came from in the States. He always wore…

  • WINTER ISSUE 2024

    After a long wait, we are excited to present the thrilling and chilling Winter Issue 2024. The Hemlock Journal wishes you a great year ahead. Front Cover Back Cover Table…

  • The Hemlock Contest : Anti-War Fiction

    The Hemlock Journal announces its first-ever Writing Contest. The Theme of the contest will be Anti-War Fiction. Why did we choose this theme? We think it is the call of…

  • ‘Billboards’ by Thomas Elson

    Late one summer morning, he rolled out of a white, twelve-cylinder Jaguar, and, as he slowly raised his head, saw a singular vision – two long tanned legs telescoping from…