I Wanted to Watch Him Take His Last Breath—But She Said No

I Wanted to Watch Him Take His Last Breath—But She Said No

Illustration by Wenjia Tang/Narratively archiveLast week, over at Narratively Academy, we hosted a live video chat between two literary legends, Lee Gutkind and Dinty W. Moore, breaking down what (the heck) a flash essay is (check it out here if you missed it). Following the insightful and inspiring talk, we ran a special flash essay contest with the assignment to write about a moment you regret. We got so many great submissions that, as always,…