Bob Thurber

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I'll be the final judge of this year's Bumblebee Flash Fiction Prize. Submit your Short fiction up to 750 words Winner published in: Issue 51, Summer 2026 Prize: $300 Read more about it here. https://pulpliterature.com/contests/the-bumblebee-flash-fiction-contest/

It was all Jack that Christmas.

The Cafe Irreal has been online since 1998. If you're not familiar with this delightfully unique literary website take a few minutes to drop by. The latest issue, number 94, is live. https://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/issue_94.htm Read "The Crabapple Incident" by Bob Thurber https://cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com/thurber15.htm Here are links to other stories by Bob Thurber that appeared in The Cafe Irreal. “The Cat Who Waved,” appeared in Issue #5 https://cafeirreal.a

Look for “Before She Was My Mother” (originally published by The Woolf) in Best Microfiction 2022 Right now... * You can read “The Work”...

Eleven years ago, (Dec. 16, 2010) we received news no parent ever wants to hear. Our lives changed. Our world changed. Even breathing...