flash fiction
Eddie’s September Score
Eddie’s September Score written by: Andy Cooper - Morning shadows lingered a little longer than the month before, casting a cool...
The Orville Ploy
The Orville Ploy written by: Richard Bishop - On a chilly March morning in 1987, two high school seniors squared off in Hillcrest High’s gym...
Tito Rodriguez in the Bronx
Tito Rodriguez in the Bronx written by: Lenore Weiss - Everyone knows his music, but back then, Tito Rodriguez performed in the street...
A Real Bargain
A Real Bargain written by: Karen Southall Watts - Lila and Josh were a match made in capitalist heaven. She had inherited a fortune...
The Listener
The Listener written by: Peter Rehn - The city stirred before I did. It always had, it likely always would...
Circadia
Circadia written by: W. Glewicz - My eyes snap open. No need for a clock. I know the time, down to the microsecond...
Beautiful Disaster
Beautiful Disaster written by: William Falo - Shadows appeared at the junkyard entrance, and I hid with the others until they left...
Meteorite
Meteorite written by: Dmitry Berkut - With the edge of his fingernail, Tomás scraped the silver coating off a lottery ticket...
Summer Break
Summer Break written by: Stella Jay - The walkers, warmer and sweeter even than seals, sip trendy teas and pose for photos...
Walking with Grandma
Walking with Grandma written by: Tina Cathleen MacNaughton - 'We’re walking? We never walk – Mum always drives me!'...
Arrival
Arrival written by: Elvira R. - He stopped and looked up. To his left and right, the sandstone walls of the city...
Cats of the Twilight
Cats of the Twilight written by: Nate Stonecypher - Rosella opened the cat food tin and set the lid next to the ancient kitchen sink...
The Last Mobile Phone
The Last Mobile Phone written by: Rex Fausett - ‘Mister Clarke? Mister Reginald Clarke?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Mister Clarke, may I call you Reg?’...
Arizona Ice
Arizona Ice written by: Cynthia Griffin - When I was a child, I fell through ice, remember the crack it made before I plunged through...
