Flash Fiction

“There!” shouts Bo, Boanna’s MAGA-hat-wearing husband. She points her phone to a floating man. “Patriots of God, He has come to take His chosen ones!” “Hold on,” says Bo, lifting…

“How’s Drew?” Elsa’s cart stops cold. She turns, ready to rip into whoever dares… but a familiar face smiles at her — sincerely. ​“Hi, Patrick’s mom. What university did Drew…

“With these pesticides and lack of nutrients, we won’t grow much longer,” said the grain. But the cows kept eating, too starved to care. ​ “Tell the farmer we can’t…

Everyone expected Miles to take the promotion; instead, he quit.The single father fired the nannies, spending his days cheerfully making school lunches, driving the kids, volunteering at every game and…

Chicago welcomed Clara immediately. A dashing innkeeper charmed her into his hotel. Though cheap, the twisting corridors felt like squelched screams. If not for her neighbor Edith, Clara would have…

Just one click from your perfect tribe, Zane Mercer’s TribeSpace promised. It was unfortunately true.​Marginalized voices in diversity-run tribes were stealing democracy from TribeSpace’s billionaire investors.​Thankfully, the system upgrade resolved the issue.​By rewarding…

“Leave me,” Richard had said over the baby’s cries, “and I’ll end you.” Julia had frozen on those shards of glass, taking him literally; counting subpoenas, motions, and affidavits on…

“A rock will turn our land to flames,” said Sky-Dancer Oota in trance. “Sail from Deadman’s Cliff to survive." Impossible, said all. Legend said Deadman’s Cliff was so steep you’d…

I slide open the “wall”. The thin bedsheet barely covers his nude flesh. He glistens from the hot summer night.​ “AC’s broke,” I had lied, handing him the motel keys.…

Even the birthday boy circled around Ryan as he told stories about his secret agent dad and world-famous paleontologist mom, who looked like Scarlett Johansson and discovered a dinosaur in…