Flash Fiction

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…

12-year old Carol’s mother always tells her to mind her own business. But as she heard the commotion and saw the people staring into the alley, she couldn’t help herself. Three 16 year-olds were beating up a…

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…