Flash Fiction

As the time strikes 12:03 pm: Lillian’s teacher-mother randomly freezes at the chalkboard. Lillian’s taxi-driver-father randomly pulls over with his passenger. Lillian’s brother randomly calls to apologize for their fight,…

Scientists set up a glass tube: a marshmallow floated on water inside.Crows,then chimps,then orangutans were shown that dropping rocks made the water rise.Each species got the marshmallow eventually.​When it was…

Vincent awoke, screaming. “Nancy! My leg is missing!”​Nancy pet his stump. “Don’t you remember? As a child it was mysteriously cut off.”​He awoke the next night also missing his left leg.​“Honey, they've both been…

Mom, those stars are pretty, but I’m not that far away. When you randomly smell bubble gum, it’s me. The blinking light in the kitchen is also me. I send…

In the woods, a beggar girl came upon a fairy trapped in a net. She pulled it free.“I’ll grant you one wish.”​She used her wish to help a gnome about…

Tilda’s eyes open to Jack strangling her. Her body thrashes in bed.  You’ve done it now, her body says, you picked the one who will kill us.Tilda scrambles to a…

Under the ambient bathroom lighting, Gilda nervously looks over her form-fitting new dress. “You can do this. Be a boss ass bitch.” She repeats those words on her drive. All mouths drop…

I can’t with this funeral.Right playlist, wrong singer.I asked for Celine Dion… not Kelly Clarkson.Kelly!Stop crying over my casket!You’ll ruin my makeup…!OMG… Mother!My roots are showing!And pink?Okay, it’s my go-to color, but not at my…

The young mother of three at the register cowered from the line of glaring eyes; her fumbling hands removed items from her cart when a gentle hand intervened.​Eighty-year-old Elaine, with…

Life couldn’t be better, thought Zenith. If only I had someone to share bliss with.​Zenith received a spouse.They experienced bliss… when they didn’t argue.​If only we never fought.Wish granted, and things grew…