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Isosceles and Equilateral
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Chris Cottom
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Isosceles and Equilateral – Free Flash Fiction

In a quadrangle of Cambridge sunshine I tangle my fingers through your tight-spiralled hair while you enthuse about Euclid. You’re square-jawed and strike my chord and we sketch the shape of our lives...

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February 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM

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As Chosen by Judge Emma Phillips
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FFF Competition Thirty-Four Shortlisted:

Crusader Knights of Carshalton
by
Chris Cottom

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Competition Thirty-Four Shortlisted: Crusader Knights of Carshalton – Free Flash Fiction

We wait at the window, watch for his Hillman, open the door before he’s parked. Mum shouts goodbye, doesn’t come out. We hope it’s an Army Day: the Imperial War Museum, a parade at Aldershot, even ano...

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July 15, 2026 at 9:28 AM

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As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie

FFF Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended:

Where the Apple Reddens
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Chris Cottom
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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: Where the Apple Reddens – Free Flash Fiction

As he hefts another crate into the whitewashed cool of the apple store, Clem asks if I’m yet fifteen, if I like being in service, if I have a bed to myself, whether there’s a rug to save my knees when...

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January 22, 2026 at 9:19 AM

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FFF Competition Thirty-One
As chosen by Judge Caroline McKenzie
Highly Commended:

Where the Apple Reddens
by
Chris Cottom
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#flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writingcompetitions

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Competition Thirty-One Highly Commended: Where the Apple Reddens – Free Flash Fiction

As he hefts another crate into the whitewashed cool of the apple store, Clem asks if I’m yet fifteen, if I like being in service, if I have a bed to myself, whether there’s a rug to save my knees when...

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January 23, 2026 at 10:46 AM

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ICYMI#3
As chosen by Judge Nish X. Hegde
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FFF Competition Thirty Shortlisted:

They Start by Banning Indigo
by Chris Cottom
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November 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM

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As chosen by Judge Nish X. Hegde
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FFF Competition Thirty Shortlisted:

They Start by Banning Indigo
by Chris Cottom
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Competition Thirty Shortlisted: They Start by Banning Indigo – Free Flash Fiction

When they get to green, Mum buys a Senior Saver Return to Waterloo, pickets Parliament in the rain, a laminated picture of an avocado bathroom around her neck. Even The Daily Mail thunders that colour...

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November 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM

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Too good not to publish!

Isosceles and Equilateral was Long-listed in FFF Competition Fourteen...

Isosceles and Equilateral
by
Chris Cottom
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Isosceles and Equilateral – Free Flash Fiction

In a quadrangle of Cambridge sunshine I tangle my fingers through your tight-spiralled hair while you enthuse about Euclid. You’re square-jawed and strike my chord and we sketch the shape of our lives...

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July 23, 2024 at 10:55 AM

The Hoolet’s Nook

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CHRIS COTTOM is a recovering insurance copywriter with recent work in Banshee, Barrelhouse, Fictive Dream, matchbook, New Flash Fiction Review, New World Writing Quarterly, and Orange Blossom Review. Catch him pedalling around Cheshire, UK, and at chriscottom.wixsite.com/chriscottom.

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September 26, 2026 at 3:12 PM