Itch

Fiction
Written By Amanda Barusch

A flash fiction piece in Amanda’s metamorphosis series, Itch explores transformation, embodiment, and the unsettling boundary between human and other. It was published in Flash Fiction Magazine in 2022.

  • Type – flash fiction

  • Publication / Venue – Flash Fiction Magazine

  • Publisher – Flash Fiction Magazine

  • Publication date – October 31, 2022

  • Format(s) – online

  • Available at –  Flash Fiction Magazine

  • About this work – The second installment in Amanda’s metamorphosis series, this flash fiction piece explores transformation, embodiment, and the unsettling boundary between human and other.

Amanda Barusch

Amanda Barusch has worked as a janitor, exotic dancer, editor, and college professor. She lives in the American West, where she spends as much time as possible on dirt paths. She has an abiding disdain for boundaries and adores ambiguity. Amanda has published eight books of non-fiction, a few poems, and a growing number of short stories. Aging Angry is her first work of creative non-fiction. She uses magical realism to explore deep truths of the human experience in this ever-changing world.

https://www.amandabarusch.com
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