Lost Balloon
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Lost Balloon is a literary magazine that published flash fiction, flash nonfiction, and prose poetry.
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Clean by Carol M. Quinn
Doreen forces thick, unwaxed floss between your molars, between your bicuspids and your canines. She is always honest, no messing around, and she needs you to hear this: even two, three times a day…
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You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
Clean by Carol M. Quinn
Doreen forces thick, unwaxed floss between your molars, between your bicuspids and your canines. She is always honest, no messing around, and she needs you to hear this: even two, three times a day…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You are going to love today’s new piece by Carol M. Quinn! Check out “Clean.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/12/c...
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We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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I needed this one. All the feels.
We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I needed this one. All the feels.
We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
November 5, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We have a great new piece today from Scott Ragland! Check out “Spring Snow.” lost-balloon.com/2025/11/05/s... (photo credit: adamgn)
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It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a new piece today from Garima Chhikara! Check out “He Relaxes When I’m Gone.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/29/h...
He Relaxes When I’m Gone by Garima Chhikara
I’ve always wondered, Papa—would you be this father if your mother had loved you? * I was visiting home after a year. This is how my father and I met, for days or a few weeks at a stretch since I l…
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November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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"My brother’s only forty-six, but he moves like he’s eighty."
Check out contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's flash piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social! buff.ly/bTXG0vd
Check out contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's flash piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social! buff.ly/bTXG0vd
October 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"My brother’s only forty-six, but he moves like he’s eighty."
Check out contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's flash piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social! buff.ly/bTXG0vd
Check out contributor @claudiamonpere.bsky.social's flash piece in @lostballoon.bsky.social! buff.ly/bTXG0vd
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a new piece today from Garima Chhikara! Check out “He Relaxes When I’m Gone.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/29/h...
He Relaxes When I’m Gone by Garima Chhikara
I’ve always wondered, Papa—would you be this father if your mother had loved you? * I was visiting home after a year. This is how my father and I met, for days or a few weeks at a stretch since I l…
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October 29, 2025 at 12:56 PM
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a new piece today from Garima Chhikara! Check out “He Relaxes When I’m Gone.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/29/h...
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We have a great new piece today from Vincent Perrone! Check out “Delta Approximately Delta.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/22/d...
Delta Approximately Delta by Vincent James Perrone
Each day, six classes: Numbers, Classifications, Letters, Names, Functions, and Deep Listening. All our parents wanted a nontraditional education or were otherwise indifferent and let us fall into …
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October 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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We have a great new piece today from Vincent Perrone! Check out “Delta Approximately Delta.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/22/d...
Delta Approximately Delta by Vincent James Perrone
Each day, six classes: Numbers, Classifications, Letters, Names, Functions, and Deep Listening. All our parents wanted a nontraditional education or were otherwise indifferent and let us fall into …
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October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We have a great new piece today from Vincent Perrone! Check out “Delta Approximately Delta.” lost-balloon.com/2025/10/22/d...
Due to a technical error, we opened subs a little late this month. They will be open from now through the 9th!
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Due to a technical error, we opened subs a little late this month. They will be open from now through the 9th!
We are taking a break from posting new stories for several weeks. We’ll be back on October 22nd with new work!
September 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
We are taking a break from posting new stories for several weeks. We’ll be back on October 22nd with new work!
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It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)
September 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)
September 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It’s Wednesday, which means a new story is up! Check out “Butter” by Annabelle Taghinia. lost-balloon.com/2025/09/03/b... (Image credit: Joanna Bourne)
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We have a wonderful new piece today from Michael Nickels-Wisdom! Check out “Plum Mother.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/27/p...
Plum Mother by Michael Nickels-Wisdom
Our dog, dachsund-and-chihuahua, fell redly to us from her family tree. After the usual medical exam, shots, spaying, and licensing, she was with us for 17 years. But one day in her middle age, we …
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August 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We have a wonderful new piece today from Michael Nickels-Wisdom! Check out “Plum Mother.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/27/p...
Plum Mother by Michael Nickels-Wisdom
Our dog, dachsund-and-chihuahua, fell redly to us from her family tree. After the usual medical exam, shots, spaying, and licensing, she was with us for 17 years. But one day in her middle age, we …
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August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
We have a wonderful new piece today from Michael Nickels-Wisdom! Check out “Plum Mother.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/27/p...
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It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
Bridal Wear by Brunda Moka-Dias
Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …
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August 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Wow. I read then reread this.
It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
Bridal Wear by Brunda Moka-Dias
Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …
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August 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow. I read then reread this.
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Congratulations to former Iowa Summer Writing Festival student Brunda Moka-Dias, whose terrific flash fiction, "Bridal Wear" was just published in Lost Balloon magazine!
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Bridal Wear by Brunda Moka-Dias
Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …
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August 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Congratulations to former Iowa Summer Writing Festival student Brunda Moka-Dias, whose terrific flash fiction, "Bridal Wear" was just published in Lost Balloon magazine!
lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
Bridal Wear by Brunda Moka-Dias
Nigel’s mother wants you to wear the lily-white wedding gown with a tiara headpiece and a thin gauzy veil. She is a Catholic Brahmin matriarch. Your mother, a Hindu Brahmin matriarch, wants you to …
lost-balloon.com
August 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It’s Wednesday! That means we have new work up on the site. Check out “Bridal Wear” by debut author Brunda Moka-Dias! lost-balloon.com/2025/08/20/b...
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We have a great new piece today from Alex Juffer! Check out “What We Left You.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/13/w...
What We Left You by Alex Juffer
An accounting, since you tend to divide the world into what’s yours and what can never be. The silver sleeve of a Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tart packet on the kitchen counter, one left. Your daughter n…
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August 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...
The Moon, My Heart (Elena Zhang) | Tiny Wren Lit
Evocative micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore
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August 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My tiny chapbook, “The Moon, My Heart,” is finally available now! So so grateful to @tinywrenlit.bsky.social and Dana Knott for making this dream come true! www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...
We have a great new piece today from Alex Juffer! Check out “What We Left You.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/13/w...
What We Left You by Alex Juffer
An accounting, since you tend to divide the world into what’s yours and what can never be. The silver sleeve of a Frosted Blueberry Pop-Tart packet on the kitchen counter, one left. Your daughter n…
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August 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We have a great new piece today from Alex Juffer! Check out “What We Left You.” lost-balloon.com/2025/08/13/w...
In case you missed it!
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...
Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James
I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…
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August 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Super excited (and a little proud) to have new micro published with such a preeminent supporter of the super short form. Thanks to everyone @lostballoon.bsky.social !!
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...
Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James
I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…
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July 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Super excited (and a little proud) to have new micro published with such a preeminent supporter of the super short form. Thanks to everyone @lostballoon.bsky.social !!
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...
Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes by Mitch James
I saw my first picture of spontaneous human combustion in fourth grade. A black and white photo of shoe and ash. Laces in bunny ears. Mom taught me the bunny ear song to help me learn to tie my sho…
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July 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s Wednesday, and that means we have a great new piece today from @mitchjamesauthor.bsky.social! Check out “Why I Stopped Tying My Shoes.” lost-balloon.com/2025/07/30/w...