Flash fiction story: “The Exhibit”
“The Exhibit,” by Samantha Kimmey
Appeared in Split Lip Magazine, September 2018
395 words
Great atmosphere. I like how the woman who ends up acting more or less as the main character only appears as an individual halfway through (after 199 words). The real main character seems to be the crowd.
I like the satire here too, the way the visitors assess their own reactions to the art rather than actually responding to it. They don’t recognize it as actual real-life cruelty because the context is so alienating.