Flash Fiction

The hotel staff at Bedlam Inn have a very special way of dealing with pesky guests.You know the kind.Entitled wackadoos who demand demand demand.They get the most exclusive room.Our staff will personally escort them up.​“You’ll love…

Little Alma’s mother scolded her the day they moved into The Locus for “smiling at weirdos.” But to Alma, the tenants were just sad.Once a hotel for old Hollywood, The…

Blade was a huge fan of horror author Lector Price. Being his bodyguard would’ve been a dream if not for the line of 7,000 impatiently waiting for their books to…

Three-year-old Rex adored the TV. He knew how to use the remote and often snuck out of bed to watch. When caught, Rex would pout and point his stubby finger…

“Do you have any regrets?”Mrs. Merely coughed, looked up at all the pictures of her students taped to her walls and smiled.“Not a single one.”She never mentioned there was an…

Suyin sits close to the fire as her little boy rips open his presents. His delighted squeals make the hours at the factory worth it.Feng halts when he gets to…

He skulks the shadowed alley awaiting his prey.He’s followed her home aplenty and knows this shortcut is where he can take her.He salivates at the thought that her life and…

“Here’s to tonight,” cheers Finn as he raises his wine glass into the air.“To tonight,” cheer Leah, Melinda, and Easton.Never have there been closer friends.Every Friday the quartet gathers. Around…

“Oh yes, I quite agree.”92-year-old Philomena pays the gawkers in the store no mind. She knows they call her the senile old woman who talks to herself; she doesn’t care.“Silly…

You wouldn’t know Josh and Luke had profound Tinder chats.They stare out at the fancy servers.The fancy meals.The fancy water features.Anywhere but each other.​Had either asked, the other would have…