I'm awfully pleased to have a flash fiction at the brand new spring edition of JMWW (whose editor-in-chief is Spherian Jen Michalski).
http://jmww.150m.com/index.html
This story was sparked by a phrase "pulse of life" in a story by steve (sericmarr) over at the Fiction forum though it took a direction of its own once it entered the windings of my wee brain. I posted it at Fiction Forum, but I doubt you will recognize it after countless rewrites.
JMWW is a lovely journal. Read and enjoy.