You on the Street

Fiction
Written By Amanda Barusch

A brief autobiographical flash fiction piece, You on the Street captures the charged moment of unexpectedly encountering an old flame. It was published in Flashes of Brilliance.

  • Type – flash fiction

  • Publication / Venue – Flashes of Brilliance

  • Publisher – Flashes of Brilliance

  • Publication date – December 18, 2020

  • Format(s) – online

  • Available at – Flashes of Brilliance

  • About this work – A brief, autobiographical flash piece about running into an old flame on the street and confronting, for one desperate moment, the question of what could possibly be said.

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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