Flash Fiction

Everyone knows where they were May 13th, 2018, 18:34 Coordinated Universal Time, The Day the World Screamed—the day their neighbor/their co-worker/their friend unzipped its human skin and flew up into…

“You okay?” asked Sven. He stirred his drink and smiled at Ingrid.She sat, cross-armed, eyeing him like a potential mugger.“It’s just coffee, relax.”“I have things to do,” she huffed.And she…

Into her black-leather high-heel boots, she slides.And her black elbow-length gloves.All whilst he smiles in his office of bullet-proof glass.​He does not hear her clacking heels down his hall.But he…

Zeit finished his painting of the dead man in the grave.​He tried to end the piano sonata playing in the background, but his device didn’t register his voice.​He tried to…

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…