Flash Fiction

The other farm hands called Maeve Mother Goose for how the runt gosling she saved followed her around.  She cried when it produced its first golden egg, for she knew the…

Laine walks through the empty house a final time.    “How you like it?” Her husband had asked twenty years ago as he walked her through the house he had…

“Our prince has invited all eligible women to his ball,” said Ash’s stepmother.  Ash’s heart fluttered: True love was near.  Dressless, Ash sewed one together from old silks. Each beautiful creation was…

Once there lived a little robot boy dedicated to making humans happy. For them, he’d clean, fix, solve everything. Anytime he needed repair, they’d argue amongst themselves who should pay.…

When the queen witch decreed her husband would be from her kingdom, men plowed through the forest, ignoring the cries of the lost girl.  Only Tak was willing to help. He…

The prickles on your back revive me. I peer through the cracks in the attic floor. You stand directly below; I use my opaque form to creak the floorboards. I smell your fear. Your…

He was a wonder to behold. Artists clambered to draw him—paint him—photograph him. Lovers fought for his time. He had no rivals; one can’t compete with beauty itself.  But sunrises have sunsets.  Creases emerged. His skin…

People stared to the heavens. PAX’s 10th Anniversary. The robo-dragon cheerfully zigged and zagged around the planet, the sky around it shimmering and crackling.  PAX was loud, but thanks to it,…

The physical pain was one thing. But every moment the Crooked Man kept her in her cell, Marie found herself slipping.​He prodded and probed her and from spiritual gashes, her…

Olive grabbed the bars and pulled herself upright.The giants were snoring in their lair.Months ago she’d been ripped from her home.She was lucky that her giants hadn’t eaten her… yet.What…