Flash is fiction’s subversive, playful sibling, the one who doesn’t care much for rules.
I got dazzled by her a few years back and must say I’m a little hooked.
Below are a few pieces I’ve had published in some pretty nice UK/US/Irish literary magazines, either on-line or in print. The most recent are first.
Flash fiction
Cliff Richard is being auctioned, Free Flash Fiction, January 2024
https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/cliff-richard-is-being-auctioned/
Philippe, pronounced the French way, JAKE, November 2023
https://jakethemag.com/philipe-pronounced-the-french-way/
On the off-beat, Does it Have Pockets, Nov 2023 (First Place)
https://www.doesithavepockets.com/features/2023flashprize
Gordon and Clara, Peatsmoke Journal, Oct 2023 (Best Small Fictions 2023 Nominee)
https://www.peatsmokejournal.com/fall-2023-flash/kik-lodge
Chocomel, Ellipsis Zine
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/chocomel-by-kik-lodge/
Mother Tongue, The Citron Review (3rd place in Smokelong Quarterly’s Micro Fiction Competition, Best Microfiction 2023 Nominee)
https://citronreview.com/2023/08/03/mother-tongue/
Mulch, Bending Genres
https://bendinggenres.com/mulch/
The man on the other side of the door, Rejection Letters
https://rejection-letters.com/2023/04/27/the-man-on-the-other-side-of-the-door-kik-lodge/
Foresting, Ink, Sweat and Tears
https://inksweatandtears.co.uk/kik-lodge/
Pearly Whites ™, Gone Lawn
https://gonelawn.net/journal/issue48/Lodge.php
Why I slip a raven feather in every romance book I read, trampset
https://trampset.org/why-i-slip-a-ravens-feather-in-every-romance-book-i-read-52780a01899f
Arthur Rimbaud speaks to his shadow, National Flash Fiction Day Micro Competition 2023, Highly Commended.
https://www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk/index.php/2023-microfiction-results/
Grapefruit in June, NFFD Anthology 2023 (Best Small Fictions 2023 Nominee)
Third Person Bio, Ellipsis Zine
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/third-person-bio-by-kik-lodge/
Just a bloke who sells microwaves, Maudlin House
https://maudlinhouse.net/just-a-bloke-who-sells-microwaves/
The geometry of dead girls, Janus Literary
https://www.janusliterary.com/2023/02/15/kik-lodge-the-geometry-of-dead-girls/
Bunnies, Ellipsis Zine
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/bunnies-by-kik-lodge/
Lazuli Bunting Bird, Splonk 8
https://splonk.ie/2022/09/08/lazuli-bunting-bird-kik-lodge/
The Pioneering Marine Biologist, Ellipsis ZINE 11
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/eleven/
Silt, The Woolf
Rock, Milk Candy Review
https://milkcandyreview.home.blog/2022/05/05/rock-by-kik-lodge/
Two questions, Milk Candy Review
https://milkcandyreview.home.blog/2022/05/09/two-questions-for-kik-lodge/
The Metrolope, Litro
https://www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/the-metrolope/
Never Wake your Sleeping Hero, Roi Fainéant
https://roifaineantarchive.wixsite.com/rf-arc-hive/post/never-wake-your-sleeping-hero-by-kik-lodge
I want to leave the Louvre in Abu Dhabi, Virtual Zine
https://virtualzinemag.com/vff-1/f/i-want-to-leave-the-louvre-in-abu-dhabi-by-kik-lodge
840 times in succession, Free Flash Fiction
https://freeflashfiction.com/fiction/840-times-in-succession/
God knows what to do with our bed, Janus Literary
https://www.janusliterary.com/2022/04/07/kik-lodge-god-knows-what-to-do-with-our-bed/
Elizabeth wants her pillow back, Bending Genres
https://bendinggenres.com/elizabeth-wants-her-pillow-back/
A work trip with my boss, Splonk 6
https://splonk.ie/2021/11/21/on-a-work-trip-with-my-boss-kik-lodge/
Aunt Pook, Mum and me, Ellipsis Zine
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/aunt-pook-mum-and-me-by-kik-lodge/
La Femme Qui Pince, Sledgehammer Lit
https://www.sledgehammerlit.com/post/la-feeme-qui-pince-by-kik-lodge
Maurice decided something, The Cabinet of Heed
https://cabinetofheed.com/2021/03/25/maurice-decided-something-kik-lodge/
When to get a pregnancy test and when to prune roses, Litro
https://www.litromagazine.com/flashfriday/when-to-take-a-pregnancy-test-and-when-to-prune-roses/
Boiled Eggs, Reflex Longlist, Ellipsis Zine
https://www.reflexfiction.com/boiled-eggs-flash-fiction-by-kik-lodge/ and
https://www.ellipsiszine.com/nine/
And so what if I lit a match?, Versification
https://www.versificationzine.com/june21
Shopping for Beans, Sonder and Reflex Fiction (just missed the longlist)
https://www.reflexfiction.com/shopping-for-beans-flash-fiction-by-kik-lodge/
Hoist, Reflex Fiction (just missed the longlist), Bridport Longlist
https://www.reflexfiction.com/author/kik/
Montenegro, The Common Breath
https://thecommonbreath.com/blog54.html
The Cat, The Moth
https://www.themothmagazine.com/a1-page.asp?ID=1970&page=8
Scream if you want to, Tiny Molecules
https://www.tinymolecules.com/issues/seven#kik-lodge
Think about it, Litro US https://www.litrony.com/2020/02/think-about-it/
Our fridge, Litro UK https://www.litro.co.uk/uncategorised/our-fridge/
