Five Minutes

Five Minutes explores five minutes of a life in one hundred words. Five minutes is edited by Susanna Baird, with editorial support from managing editor Maria s. picone, newsletter editor kate meen, and founding reader bobbi lerman, plus our rotating team of guest readers, who you can meet in the latest newsletteR. Five Minutes was founded in October 2020, with the Salem (Mass.)-based writing group Carrot Cake Writers supplying the journal’s first pieces. We’d love to read your five. Submit here.

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Nov 9
Nov 9 There Were Six

I saw his face when I least expected it, smiling at me from a corner-mounted television in a crowded café in Prague.

May 27
May 27 Metro Line 13

Crowded shoulder to shoulder with others jostling for prime territory on Line 13 of the Paris Metro, I felt fingers groping in the most intimate of places.

Apr 11
Apr 11 A Party

M. Roanoke

A boy dressed as a robot is sitting next to a fairy.

Nov 9 Nov 9 There Were Six

May 27 May 27 Metro Line 13

Apr 11 Apr 11 A Party

Nov 9
Nov 9 There Were Six

May 27
May 27 Metro Line 13

Apr 11
Apr 11 A Party