KN Magazine: Flash Fiction

Dale Scherfling Shane McKnight Dale Scherfling Shane McKnight

No Thanksgiving Leave in 1950

On the frozen banks of Korea’s Ch’ongch’on River in 1950, Corporal Cameron Scott drifts into a Thanksgiving dream of home, marriage, and cinnamon-sweet promise. But when war tears him awake, the line between memory and miracle blurs. Decades later, a wedding certificate and a Bronze Star citation reveal a mystery that defies time, distance, and the limits of belief.

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Douglas Owens Shane McKnight Douglas Owens Shane McKnight

Gdynia

A restless American drifts through post–Cold War Poland, drawn by change, chance encounters, and the promise of reinvention. As unfamiliar cities open into human connection and the pull of the sea, Gdynia captures the quiet moment when escape becomes belonging—and a new life begins to take shape.

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Mark Jones Shane McKnight Mark Jones Shane McKnight

$1 Pitchers and Polo Cologne

A nostalgic flash-fiction dive into the smoky bars, cheap beer, and youthful bravado of 1970s Oklahoma, where memories of $1 pitchers, loud music, and the feeling of endless nights linger long after the Jockey Strap Saloon is gone.

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