Phyllis Souza lives in Northern California and is retired from a long real estate career. After taking several on-line writing classes, she started writing flash fiction and short stories. Her stories have been published in Café Lit, Spillwords, Scarlet Leaf, and Friday Flash Fiction.

Phyllis Souza

Betsy, short story by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Betsy

Phyllis Souza·April 30, 2021

Betsy written by: Phyllis Souza Johnny slammed the screen door of the back porch behind him, “Need...

Literature English

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Decent, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Decent

Phyllis Souza·February 24, 2021

Decent written by: Phyllis Souza Under the freeway, a gray tent shudders. Inside, a man curls in...

English Literature

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Christmas 1950, short story by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Christmas 1950

Phyllis Souza·December 25, 2020

Christmas 1950 written by: Phyllis Souza I’m ten-years-old and it’s not easy waiting for my mother to...

English Literature Christmas

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Trick or Treat, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Trick or Treat

Phyllis Souza·October 20, 2020

Trick or Treat written by: Phyllis Souza Standing on the sidewalk, warding off the cold, Amon’s mother...

Halloween English Literature

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Daffodile Hill, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Daffodile Hill

Phyllis Souza·September 18, 2020

Daffodile Hill written by: Phyllis Souza Ernest and Pauline ran off and got married. Two hours later,...

English Literature

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Spotlight On Writers - Phyllis Souza, interview at Spillwords.com

Spotlight On Writers – Phyllis Souza

Phyllis Souza·August 15, 2020

Spotlight On Writers Phyllis Souza Where, do you hail from? I was born in Southern California and...

Literature English Q&A Authors

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Unfulfilled, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Unfulfilled

Phyllis Souza·June 17, 2020

Unfulfilled written by: Phyllis Souza The crack of thunder, a flash of lightning, and pelting rain should...

Literature English

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COVID-19/Juxtapose, commentary by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

COVID-19/Juxtapose

Phyllis Souza·May 5, 2020

COVID-19/Juxtapose written by: Phyllis Souza The Virus There was a virus called COVID-19. The world had changed....

Article English

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Watermelon Lunch, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Watermelon Lunch

Phyllis Souza·March 6, 2020

Watermelon Lunch written by: Phyllis Souza — Like an overgrown weed patch, his chin hid beneath a...

Literature English

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The Stranger Behind Me, flash fiction by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

The Stranger Behind Me

Phyllis Souza·January 17, 2020

The Stranger Behind Me written by: Phyllis Souza Standing at the checkout stand, I was about to...

Literature English

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A Thanksgiving Story, written by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

A Thanksgiving Story

Phyllis Souza·November 28, 2019

A Thanksgiving Story written by: Phyllis Souza California Pauline leaned against the kitchen counter while fishing inside...

Literature English

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Nellie's Curse, short story written by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Nellie’s Curse

Phyllis Souza·October 25, 2019

Nellie’s Curse written by: Phyllis Souza Many years ago, a wealthy Portuguese dairyman had a daughter, who...

Literature Halloween English

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The Milker, short story written by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

The Milker

Phyllis Souza·October 8, 2019

The Milker written by: Phyllis Souza The year was 1936. Frank stood on the wide-sweeping porch of...

Literature English

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Tigger, a flash fiction written by Phyllis Souza at Spillwords.com

Tigger

Phyllis Souza·September 10, 2019

Tigger written by: Phyllis Souza Tigger, an alley cat, lapped milk, hunted mice and leaped through open...

Literature English

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