flash fiction
The Hat He Wanted
The Hat He Wanted written by: Hugh Goldberg - As the courier left Mr. Stevenson examined the black package, its electric yellow label...
Mistaken Identity
Mistaken Identity written by: Jim Harrington - I live in a quiet, four house cul de sac. At least it was until a rental company...
Doubt
Doubt written by: Margit Horsky - She keeps asking what’s wrong with me - why I have such a long face, why I don’t talk to her...
Back to School
Back to School written by: Clara Arús - Girls, please hang your towels on the railing and take off your swimsuits..
The Baby Cried
The Baby Cried written by: Kathy Whipple - Everything has changed upon your return. The velvet drapes covering the windows...
The Annual Ritual Set Forth by the Apparition of Baron Willoughby
The Annual Ritual Set Forth by the Apparition of Baron Willoughby written by: Lisa H. Owens - The apparition of Baron Willoughby floated above...
Cat Woman
Cat Woman written by: Emee Ring - Elizabeth lay a ribbon along the page and closed her book. The last-day-of-October sky...
Trigger Tree
Trigger Tree written by: Carl "Papa" Palmer - Ween must be quiet, so quiet, listen, stay very still, listen not attract attention...
Spirit in The Sky
Spirit in The Sky written by: Lina Lambert - The abandoned music room was silent for so long, you'd swear it’s been trapped...
The Haunting
The Haunting written by: Debbie Aruta - The house on the corner has not been lived in for decades, but recently neighbors...
Everlasting Kiss
Everlasting Kiss written by: Karen Southall Watts - “I get it. Your husband left you, but Mya you’re going to grow roots into the couch...
One Good Deed
One Good Deed written by: Richard Bishop - My two major life events of 1967 were my visit to the World's Fair in Montreal...
Halloween Horrors
Halloween Horrors written by: A.L. Paradiso - Approaching Samhain and Halloween, farmer Phil noticed that four pumpkins...
The Mercer House
The Mercer House written by: Bernardo Villela - Petey went trick-or-treating alone for the first time last night...
