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| Issue 31: | Jan. 2026 |
| Tiny Fiction: | 4 + 10 words |
| + Visual Art: | Photographs |
By Guy Biederman
Two Atomic Tales*
Happy Ending
Found ♡
Happy Ending (photograph, August 2025)
Caption and image copyrighted © by Guy Biederman. All rights reserved.
Reprinted with author’s permission from his blog, This Day Afloat.
Shopping Cart Sightings
Binder: “Plans To Take Over the World”
Shopping Cart Sightings (photograph, May 2025)
Caption and image copyrighted © by Guy Biederman. All rights reserved.
Reprinted with author’s permission from his blog, This Day Afloat.
*Publisher’s Note:
“Atomic tale” is a variation of the original term “atomic story” coined by Colombian poet, storyteller, essayist, and editor Umberto Senegal (born 1951) for a sub-genre of microfiction, tiny tales no longer than 20 words each, not counting the title.
Source: Atomic tales: Umberto Senegal and Carlos Alberto Agudelo, selection of 20 atomic stories (10 from each author) with an introduction by Jonathan Alexander España Eraso in Abisinia Review (21 January 2021).
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