Flash Fiction

Breathe in the clean air. Admire the blue skies. Plants, animals — diversity all around. Our children laugh in green meadows. No one goes hungry. No one goes thirsty. We…

The bus-driver waited for the bickering to die. “Thank you for joining me on a ride of a lifetime.”“It better be,” responded one.They all agreed, glaring from the driver to…

Tinkling bells wake Martha.Outside the bedroom, her children giggle.Letting her husband sleep, she slinks down the hall, nightgown fluttering, the giggling growing louder. Someone lit the fireplace. Her children sit…

The children wished each other luck before taking different roads to the fabled land of Godot.Each path was winding and full of side quests, leaving them feeling lost.When one child…

I’m a fill-in, but I should be happy: I’m a guest on The Elaine Show.But Elaine walks past my room to Scarlet Reed’s.Who is she anyway?A tramp, famous for a leaked…

Darren walked into the office as Sheila stood by the printer. “This mean…?” Darren nervously rubbed his rough hands, worn from years on concrete. “Move-in’s tomorrow,” Sheila said, smiling. Darren…

Carmina, six, lowers her violin. “You’re destined for greatness,” says her instructor, her eyes misty. A violin squeaks in the neighboring room. “No! Stop! You’re a hopeless cause.” Carmina waits…

The best way to celebrate being left unattended was, of course, for the brothers to play soccer in the house. They were unstoppable. Until the ball exploded their mother’s $10,000…

Five-year-old Netty knew every line of Wizal the Wizard by heart. But how did he turn the rock into gold? How did he turn the tree into a mountain? How did he…

A measure of music found its way into Dr. Flow’s head. It wasn’t edgy like his others. But the earworm melody hooked him.​For months, the measure played in his head,…