Flash Fiction

CONTENT WARNING: Animal Cruelty Influencer promised her Instagram followers to rescue a dog. (It was the trend.) Her first attempt was Missy, a poodle puppy who was quickly returned. Influencer told her followers she couldn’t be potty trained. (Influencer…

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Assault The old women clamor during the bingo game. Someone’s breaking into the homes of old women and raping them; law enforcement isn’t doing a thing about it. “Don’t worry,” says raspy-voiced Mrs. Pembleton. “I…

He was the most beautiful thing in my world. His smile. His green eyes. His golden hair. We were inseparable until the separation came. He promised to love me for the rest of his life. He did. I just…

The affluent couple raised their baby with the power of belief. Every night they’d tuck him in and say: “You’re braver, stronger, and smarter than anyone.”  He grew to know these things to be 100…

CONTENT WARNING: Sexual Harassment “Celeste changed when those nudes leaked.  It was a violation…  her ex giving them to the media.  They were vultures,  the way they fed off of…

I knew Bella was our dog the first day I laid eyes on her at the shelter. They said she was shy, but we hit it off immediately. It took time to get her used…

CONTENT WARNING: Language It’s Florida, everything’s weird in Florida. But I was fine with helpin’ Lana with her joke on her man, till she hit him over the head with a fryin’ pan. But I done already…

I can’t sleep. I have trouble sleeping since I looked evil in the eyes. It was three years ago, but I still remember clearly looking into those orbs that were not rooted in place by a…

CONTENT WARNING: Animal Cruelty, Animal Death Taj wanted to fly me to his town home in Perth. I refused. I wouldn’t leave Jim, my beloved cockatoo. He’d panic whenever I wasn’t by his side. He was…

October 3rd 2019, aliens sent humanity a courtesy message: prepare for hostile takeover, January 2nd, 2020. When the day came, across the time zones, eyes and weapons rose to the sky.  Nothing happened. No spaceships. No aliens.Was it an…