Flash Fiction

The leafy plant waited in anticipation to have its flower heads bloom. It wanted to know what kind of flower in the garden it would turn into. Would it be a white rose, a red…

They said I was wasted potential.  My parents.  My teachers.  The admissions counselors.   That college was out of reach for me.  They said it served me right:  for skipping school …

Life had limitless possibilities five minutes ago. Sure, my two kids narrowed life choices, but there were still possibilities. If we hadn't moved. If Tom would have let me take that part-time job. But no. He…

The caterpillar crawled from leaf to leaf desperate to satiate the hunger. No leaf would satisfy. The more it ate, the more it grew, the more it hungered. Then came the day that it was so fat…

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault I thought our wedding would kill the feud between families, but no one from my side showed up. Not even Mother. It stung. As a kid, when I asked how the…

Every morning, never failing, Auntie May hobbled across the street to her grocery store. She bought her items for the day and talked to Freddy, the young grocery clerk. He’s the only worker who’ll talk to…

Millions dance as the city crumbles. A fire on every street. The ground quakes from the falling buildings. It’s a celebration, they say. Capitalism, the failed experiment, dies. Skyscrapers worldwide lose their place in the…

They tied her to the stake. She begged the crowd with her eyes and grunted, her voice ruined from all her screams. She was not a witch! Though they dressed her to look like one, it…

The toy monkey counted as the boy wound it up. Some toys bond with child captors. Not this Monkey. This’d be the last time it’d be in sticky hands. 115 twists. Enough twists to galumph to freedom. Retire…

 <Hey>It can’t be. Brock Hudson. BROCK HUDSON TEXTED. Gotta keep my composure.  I text. Play it cool. Don’t go crazy on emojis just yet.  <Dis Liz?><Yes> I text. What does this FINE hunk of man meat…