Flash Fiction

The finely dressed girl with thick black hair places the necklace around Becca’s neck. Becca stares at her balding reflection.“Beautiful,” says the girl, no trace of sarcasm present in her…

Everything you need to know about a man is in the books he reads. I scour my suitor’s library as he uses the restroom.Men without books are undeserving of another…

The dragon begrudgingly lumbered into the village, as he always did the first day of spring. As he passed each hut, he put on a show of smoke and fire.The…

A palm reader told Mr. Complish at thirteen that he would grow up to be the destroyer of the world. Mr. Complish did not want that. Who does?He had a…

“Not interested,” Peg said, after Bruce asked her out.​Who did she think she was?She was a four on a good day.He was varsity everything!A nine on a bad day!A girl…

They call me Mr. Smiley because I’m always smiling.You’d be surprised how few questions I’ve been askedabout who I am.Not one of them realizes they saw me as a little…

Tamsy runs through the dark pasture,chased by his father’s screams.The drunken man casts his voice like a fishing net,but nothing he says will ensnare Tamsy;his bare feet know the way…

Through the window, the servants watched the two older Ms. Sleerlys comfort Rose by the pool.One would have assumed Abitha Sleerly, 60, Marta Sleerly, 45, and Rose Sleerly, 22, grandmother,…

“Big news today. Scientists at LEADRA Institute have found definitive proof that God… does not exist.” The anchor swallows. His eyes flutter. He clears his throat and exposes his pearly…

Darla had always avoided passing the terrarium.She vividly recalled how Bryce’s Diamondback had rattled its tailher first time over—how it had lunged. ​“You’re safe,”Bryce had saidas the venom slid down the…