flash fiction
Make Britain Great Again
Make Britain Great Again written by: Clive La Pensée - ‘He fled to the USA when the Nazis entered Hungary,’ the music presenter says...
Dead Fish
Dead Fish written by: Sid Senthilvel - There’s a body in the bathtub. It’s rotting, hollow black pits where eyes...
Animal Instincts
Animal Instincts written by: Valli Henry-Boldini - He had a rapacious appetite when it came to her. His single-mindedness overflowed in public...
Calib and the Alchemy of Truth
Calib and the Alchemy of Truth written by: M.D. Smith - Calib Farrow, a quiet and intelligent university junior, lived a life of quiet ambition...
The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow
The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow written by: Raymond Brunell - The ceramic mug sits warm in my hands, a steady anchor amid the kitchen’s usual hum...
The Watch
The Watch written by: MD Segomotso - This was the expression my partner and I would often hear from people about our relationship...
The Apartment
The Apartment written by: Felix Staacke - I’m back. The familiar smell of lingering dust, dirty dishes, and sex greets me as soon...
Broken
Broken written by: Mary Bevan - The boy is gawky-thin: his shoulder-blades protrude through the pale skin...
Colours of Nature
Colours of Nature written by: Mike Henry - It wasn’t love at first sight. She had met him at university...
Getting Rid of AI
Getting Rid of AI written by: Tom Ball - We were both modern elite and Prince Morris, said to Princess Esmerelda, “Thanks to androids, we lead a luxury life...
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...
