Flash Fiction

“No! Wait!” Gerta grabs her mother’s hand, stopping her from leaving her bedside. “Stay.”​“Are you still scared of the dark?”​“No,” she lies, because she’s in fifth grade and shouldn’t be.​Her…

The lovers sit on a bench as swans fly overhead… an unusual sight.​“Do you believe in signs?” asks Fleur.​Pierre nods. “Oui, those swans are our love.”​Crackle.A Sudden flash in the…

The boys debate their Scoutmaster’s question: “If a tree falls and no one is around, does it make a sound?"​Across the world, in a peopleless forest, lightning strikes an ancient…

The other farm hands called Maeve Mother Goose for how the runt gosling she saved followed her around.  She cried when it produced its first golden egg, for she knew the…

Laine walks through the empty house a final time.    “How you like it?” Her husband had asked twenty years ago as he walked her through the house he had…

“Our prince has invited all eligible women to his ball,” said Ash’s stepmother.  Ash’s heart fluttered: True love was near.  Dressless, Ash sewed one together from old silks. Each beautiful creation was…

Once there lived a little robot boy dedicated to making humans happy. For them, he’d clean, fix, solve everything. Anytime he needed repair, they’d argue amongst themselves who should pay.…

When the queen witch decreed her husband would be from her kingdom, men plowed through the forest, ignoring the cries of the lost girl.  Only Tak was willing to help. He…

The prickles on your back revive me. I peer through the cracks in the attic floor. You stand directly below; I use my opaque form to creak the floorboards. I smell your fear. Your…

He was a wonder to behold. Artists clambered to draw him—paint him—photograph him. Lovers fought for his time. He had no rivals; one can’t compete with beauty itself.  But sunrises have sunsets.  Creases emerged. His skin…