China: Beijingcream Flash Fiction over beer cups

China’s Beijingcream has extended their flash fiction deadline until this Sunday. 

Their announcement:

“Submit stories 500-700 words to fiction@beijingcream.com before 11:59 pm this Sunday for a chance to read your piece over beers at Great Leap Brewing’s Original No. 6 courtyard on Sunday, July 13. If you need any inspiration, check out the piece that just went up on the Anthill about the heartache of being alone in a city of 21 million.

She was an art student from Beijing, and said she drank so she could get a good night’s sleep. I wondered what personal tragedy, heartache or sadness was at the bottom of her glass.