Flash Fiction

Dot steeples her hands and prays.Dear Lord:Please help my husband find a way to get along with his difficult boss.Please help me find a job to support my family.Please keep…

Gerald flinches at the crackling outside.​“You scared of thunder?” asks his new girlfriend.​Gerald stares out the window, saying nothing as the rain pours. He’s transported back to that rainy day…

“You’ll never win a race, you’re the slowest child of the mountain,” shouted Coach.​But Lito never stopped. He’d lied about his age and never outran those kids, but with years, he grew…

Chloe, the eldest, held her four younger siblings as the will was read. Money, assets, royalties of his published work would go to charities.​They ripped her siblings from her arms.…

For days, Carla lay in bed, staring at the ceiling. She thought she was over the contentious divorce… until she awoke and it was November; the holidays were coming. She hugged…

My normally loving mother, Gladys, would get hostile anytime I asked about my birth parents.​My secret search stopped when Gladys got cancer.​When Momma died, I vowed that was that... until…

Spell-bound, Violet listened to the homeless-looking violinist with hearts tattooed on his fingers. He gave her a wink as her mother dragged her away.​“You think he’s good?” said her mom.…

Tilda gasps awake. She had that dream. The one where Jack looms over her with a butcher knife and begins hacking away.​ Jack’s asleep. His breaths are deep and rhythmic.…

“Don’t listen to him. We’d love a garden,” Hattie insisted, glaring at her husband as the old lady hobbled away.​“The neighborhood is famous for her gardens. Why’d you say no?”​“She…

It took a while for Beauty to be convinced that Frog was a prince. But she took care of him.They shared heartaches.They laughed.They cried.​“You see me like no other,” said…