Flash Fiction

Discover a wide selection of flash fiction

• Crystal
• Two Drink Maximum
• The World’s First Intervention
• Desperation
• In the Evening
• Follow Focus
• Masquerade
• The Morning After
• Spin
• The View
• I Live Two Lives!
• I am He who watches over you
• What’s Funny?
• A Pint and a Pie
• There is Something Going On
• No Biggy
• The Dodecahedron Skirting the Round Hole
• Crime writer’s book sales soar after husband slain like twisted plot
• Rentless Love
• You Bought Me a Plane Ticket to Come Home for Christmas
• The EMTs
• Feeling Rain
• Octagon
• Glass Eye
• God’s Creatures
• Tight Forty-Five
• Diary of an Unknown Soldier
• The Exhibit
• Child’s Play
• Spring Firefighter
• At the Seams
• Advice
• A Waltz for Two
• Traveler
• Two Minute Emotional Whirlwind
• The Dungeon
• How Wars Begin
• Kassidy’s Roof
• Change
• Lunacy
• The Crow King of The Junkyard
• Between First and Final Breath
• Unwritten
• S’mores
• Chicken Breast and Rump Roast
• An Immodest Proposal
• Mind Freak
• Rupert
• Lawyers, Car Dealers, and other Whores
• Delivery
• The Submariner
• Vaila And The Ant
• High Rise Love
• Strangers in Peoria
• Luminous, Passing By
• Prophets
• A Creased Heart
• A Fairy’s Tale
• Choir
• Inheritance
• Not Now
• School Days
• Salsa
• Collecting Ticks
• Different Worlds
• So Long as I have Yesterday
• Dragon’s Breath
• German Baba of Dhoot Kalan
• D-4842
• Pickles And Whispers
• Sea Monsters
• Coincidence or Retaliation?
• The Tea-Time Visitors
• Harry and Clyde
• Cacophony
• Pulse
• The People We Never Know
• Summertime
• Conscience As Wide As Hell
• Godfrey Give Me
• Hitchhike
• The Tooth
• I’d like to go back…
• Helping Hand
• And It Was All Terrible, in the End
• Dollar Store
• Changes Are Coming in 2085, the Senator Says
• Banana Slugs
• Mercury
• Bubblegloop
• An Affective Disorder, the Doctor Said
• A New Life
• They Know Your Face
• Nightswimming
• Hype
• Saving Tim Murnane
• The Ants Go Marching Two by Two
• Dear Principal Chen
• Chlorophyll and Romance
• The Baker’s Tale
• Baby Doll
• Midnight Labor
• The Farm
• The Rings
• The Condemned
• Lady of Spades
• Touching Foreignness
• A Veiled Lady
• The Plague of Caterpillars
• The Paranoid Husband
• Pickled Love
• Court
• The Revolt for Hannah Smith
• The Bully, The Psychopath, Libby and Lorraine
• Black Diamonds
• Clara
• Poached Egg
• Homecoming Queen
• 10:42 P.M.
• A Flash of White
• The Convenience Store
• Jesus and the Devil Walk into a Bar
• The Ghetto Ain’t Forever
• The Pin Insulator
• Swingers
• A Ride For Family
• In a Flash
• Vine
• If I Know a Song of Africa
• The Prank
• Dogs and Apples
• Crackpot
• Incandescent Friend
• The Next Chapter
• In Case You Go Bald
• Song for a 51 Year Old Bar Fly
• The Others
• Hand Drawn Sky
• Killing Geckos
• Mad Hattie
• Choose Me
• The Quiet Section
• Hide & Seek
• Space Hunt
• Blood, Sweat, and Tears
• The Beast
• The Light From Within Grows Dim
• Through the Eyelids
• Fowl Luck
• L717
• Déjà Vu
• Avocational Confession
• Parking Lot Superhero
• Paddy Murphy’s Wake
• Stockholm Shadow
• Muzzle
• Exposed
• A Burned Image
• Mollified
• It’s Just a Car
• One of Us
• I Saw You Standing At The Funeral
• Miss Apprehension
• Drainpipe Daughter
• Ghost Hunter
• No Fury
• Time to Learn
• Going Postal
• The Feather Palace
• Hold On
• Chasing Armadillos
• A Forgotten Feast
• Blue Dress
• No Thank You
• The King of the World
• Just Tonight
• That Old Chevrolet
• Marooned in the Tarantula Nebula
• The More Deceived
• Doppelganger
• The Great Bandini
• A Secret Admirer
• A Guest Presentation on Mental Health from Your Post-Secondary Institution
• Monsters
• The Halloween Outhouse Caper
• Legionnaire
• Making the Eyes
• The Wrong Old Lady
• Spirit of the Beanstalk
• The Newcomer
• The Scoop
• A Casualty of My Own War
• Under Cover
• Forever
• Simple Holidays
• Self-Portrait
• Vend
• Lady Marmalade & The Ratcatcher
• Android Adoption Day
• Marriage after a really, very long time
• Late Again
• You don’t know anything
• Slimeballs
• Pituitary
• Thanksgiving Bite
• Footnotes Only!
• Captain Daddy
• Jack and Jill
• Getting It Right
• Postcard for Arizona
• A Pillar of Truth
• Foot Steps
• Voices
• Fruit Breakfasts
• Misfit
• Isaiah
• Chris Salis
• Turkey on Wheat
• The Last Tequila Stinger
• Crunched
• White
• My Time of Exile
• REM
• Rainwashed
• 1A
• Caucus at the Parking Meter
• Need You Now
• Posted
• Stones
• Changing Tactics
• Fear of Honesty
• The Night Sweeper
• Sand in my Shoes
• Trains
• Because of Pictures
• XOXOX
• Inversion
• The Stepfather
• Skinwalking
• Grandma’s Photograph
• The Fairy and the Tree
• Tara and the Back Yard Bear
• The Irony
• Time Lapse
• Merritt Bogdrosian Hunts Injun Style?
• The Brownies Episode
• Yellow Light
• Broken
• Jump Cut
• Ambience
• Not Afraid of the Dark
• The Navigator
• The Sleepover
• True to His Word
• Midnight Elvis
• Mr. Peanut Takes a Bride
• Fish
• Lobster Meat is Sweet
• Magic
• Bat in the Belfry
• A Walk with the Damned
• A Really Good Day
• Critics
• Too Far
• Sparing Partners No More
• Lesbians in a Dragon
• Heart Trouble
• Pandora
• The Smell
• In the Wake of Technology
• The Brief and Insignificant Life of a Lowly Tower Guard
• Whispers of Love
• Ryan and Mr Fisher
• The Trumpeter in the Sky
• New Year’s Resolutions
• Past Relations
• Forever Never
• What If Mary Had Chosen Otherwise
• The Mystery of St Aidan’s
• The Sadie Escapists – Part One
• Skype Credit
• The Red Rose
• From One Story to Another
• Red Cabin
• He Eats Sparrows
• Vertigo
• Should I Leave or Stay?
• Testament
• A Humming Night
• Like No Other Muse
• Turkey’s Revenge
• The Protest
• Obregon
• 441
• The Bus Stop
• Those Eyes
• Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Defining Shoulders
• The Car with Three Wheels
• Melancholy
• They Always Come Back For More
• It Was Frogs
• That Good Night
• Nomen oblitum, or, Forgotten Name
• Punching Bags
• Fifth Floor
• Gabby Goose Gets Going
• The Folded Canyon
• Dodge in the Driveway
• The Rude Chambermaid
• Brothers
• Hold Me Close
• Ordinary Moments
• Bird of Paradise
• Clouds There, But No Water
• Vindication
• Brown Haze
• Exploration and Love
• Double
• Walking on Pins and Needles
• A Great Love
• Overheard
• My Daddy Used to Say
• Before We Had TV: a Memoir
• Mitzi
• No Woman’s Land
• Pecan Pie
• The Long Way Home
• Behind the Barn with Carol Ann
• And so the Hat Dropped
• A Family Matter
• Aunt Jessie’s Box
• Check Mate
• End of This World
• Disorderly Conduct
• The Lonely Kiss
• A Butterfly’s Gift
• Four Strangers Near the Weathered Statue in a Downtown Park
• Audiocide
• Let Him Find Another Door
• The Hour I First Believed
• The Walk
• The Brothers
• The Board Meeting
• Done In Before the Blue Ice Melted
• The Interview
• Jogging to Cadaverville
• Artificial Wife
• Calling Home From A Phone Booth Outside A Pub In North Dublin
• Baby Bea
• Felix
• The House With No Windows | Bringing Chuckie In
• Prerogatives
• The Scene
• The Railway Incident
• A Disgusting Thing
• Garbage Day
• The Mystery of the Wantom Flippsbury-Brown Nutcracker Hare
• The Tired Doctor
• The Daughter of the Gold-Rich King
• A Swingin’ Cat
• The Housewife
• Mary’s Birthday
• The Wager
• Clown Relief and Aid Providers
• Funeral for Charlie
• The Puppeteer and the Gardener
• Make Believe
• The Call Was for a Foot
• Everything in One Room
• Love for the Mistress
• Dear Mom
• Nin’s Glory
• A Cloud on the Prairie
• Sentry
• Cassie’s Paradox
• Layers, Maybe. Does it Matter?
• Uniforms
• Guilt
• The Juice in the Golden Keg
• Happy Valentines, Ringo Starr
• The Briefcase
• Cadillac Love
• On Display
• The Hole
• Love and Anger at 80, According to Elmer
• Attie and the Owl
• The Servant
• Reunion with Em
• The Other
• Nobody Will Believe Anything Manny Says
• Mikey Frick Finds a Flower
• Child's Play
• A Travelling Salesman
• A Song of Heroes and Malloths
• Jimmy Johnson
• Dubs and Me
• The Game
• Mud Boy
• Danger Zone
• An Act of Love
• On Her Toes
• The Smartest Kid in the Room
• Wedding Day
• The Pond
• The Beast Lord
• Lying in Wait
• The Jester
• The Last Stop
• Broken Glass
• The Missed Free Throws
• Making Lemonade
• The Gravedigger
• The Will
• Lunch is on me
• The Picture House
• Pamphliterature
• Dream Wheel
• Headstone
• Henry Showed Wendy His Paintings
• Blue Sambo
• And Death Shall Have No Dominion
• Baby and Me
• Born to Play
• Fish or Cut Bait
• Checkmate on an Empty Board
• Perspective
• McGillicuddy’s Wake
• George & Gladys
• The Urinal
• Nanny’s Room
• Indulging
• Jimmy the blind Man Says He’s in Love
• Snow
• The Body by the Pond
• The Flip
• A Lion on the Shore
• U-Turn
• You Read About Local Politics and Hate the Sox
• One Year
• Summer 10
• Still Drunk
• Heroin Hero
• Yard Dogs
• Future Lost
• Sudden Creation
• The Angel Watches
• Leilani
• The Case of the Unfortunate Pause
• The Mannerisms of a Broken Fork
• The First of the Year
• A Wonderland of Books
• Lachrymosa
• New Beginnings
• Clockwork
• Bury Your Soul Six Feet Under
• The Magical Night
• My Bowl of Congee
• Season’s Greetings
• Message in a Rose
• End of the Line
• Rex
• Seventeen Year Itch
• Jackass
• This is How it Began
• Calypso
• Beard Club
• Noises
• A Literary God (in Love)
• Seventy Years
• Pyre
• Phantom Lake
• Howdy Doody’s Dad
• Cow
• Sweet Ps
• The Blinds
• To Post or Not to Post
• In the Dark
• Corner Store
• Under Watchful Eyes
• The Graveyard of Broken Swords
• Soldier | Part Five
• The Improper Princess
• The Scar
• Weight of an Echo
• Reluctant Punk
• Summer’s End
• The Hall of Familiar Faces
• Soldier | Part Four
• The Kickball Game
• Death and the Purple Hat
• Susan
• First Date
• Albeit of Salt
• Grull
• Soldier | Part Three
• Tinderbox
• Submersion
• Reunion
• Paradise of Tolerance and Change
• The Touch
• EMO-Mail
• Soldier | Part Two
• A Final Distress Call
• Feeding the Ducks
• Sasha the Shapeshifting Cat
• The Option
• New Life
• Soldier | Part One
• Finding Herself
• Jack
• Frozen Baby
• Prom Night
• The Talent
• The Tortoise and Hare Revisited
• A Smidgen of Green
• King of the Mountain
• One Below
• The Charlatan
• Hunting for Evidence
• Replacement Turtles
• Love on the Savanna
• Flameborn
• Rental Property
• Laugh It Off
• American Medicine
• The Summer Bride
• The Thunder’s Roar
• Cohabitation
• A Quiet Conversation
• The Eye Sees More
• The Search for Terry Brown
• Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly in 1947
• The Creatives
• Jimbo
• McNicholson’s 14th Annual Cider-Bean Festival and Dance Off
• The Maiden and the Legs
• Firefly
• Technical Support
• Down the Hill
• Christ in the Desert
• Shredder
• The Road to Cortez
• What Dreams Are Made Of
• The People Went About Their Day Under the Sun
• The Kama Sutra Aficionado
• Lull of The Tide
• Gretchen in the Box
• The World Bell
• The Weight of Reveries
• Tomato Soup
• Handle with Care
• A Cabin With No Fireplace
• Sea Level
• The Wolves are Howling in the Darkness (The Darkness is Hungry at the Door)
• Bloody Revenge
• Time to Leave
• Digging for Victory
• Helios Fallen
• And Jimmy will go to sleep in his own little room again
• Maji
• The Cat’s Owner
• The Gas Station
• Rearview Mirror
• The Collector
• The Lion of Abilene
• Sparks
• Feline Fireball
• When Mikey Stole Melissa
• Beautiful Baby
• A Tale of Two Glasses
• Faces
• The Goons
• The Icon
• To Supersede, To Sit Upon
• The Cadillac
• Golden Acres
• A Career Driven Woman
• The Mopsos XIII
• Melee
• A Cry For Attention
• Prudence Demands…
• Candy Girl
• The Baby Blue Ford
• The Oaken Chair
• Through A Child’s Eye
• A Puzzle in the Woods
• Chicken Fajitas
• Katiebug- Two DImes
• Forever In Blue Jeans
• The Case of the Troubling Shoes
• Sunday Morning
• Just One More Time
• No Time Like the Present
• In Step With The May Dance
• Lilac
• Nocturne
• The Banana Peel Slip
• Little Princess
• Zoo
• The Mask Maker
• Middle School
• The Last Song
• A Miner’s Canary
• Chip in the Handle
• A Mind of Its Own
• The Working Man
• Truong
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once in a While Part 6
• The Relay
• Perchance Not to Dream
• Mama Knows Best
• Herb is dead
• Old Love
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once In A While Part 5
• How Akram Came to Fly Business Class Back to Yemen Double Fisted
• Humanity
• We Appreciate Your Business
• Eve
• La Folie á Deux
• Warehouse Wars
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once In A While Part 4
• The Muhurtham
• The Mountain That Eats Men
• Early Retirement
• Warm Smoke in November
• Rowena
• Bartholo
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once In A While Part 3
• It’s Almost Sunday Morning
• A Day of Such Good Cheer
• Cause and Effect
• Ashes
• The Birthday Party
• Under the Sheets
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once In A While Part 2
• Father, Not Dad
• An Oasis Of Calm
• Black Firebird
• The Last Night
• Our New Home
• Even Rat Pups Laugh Once In A While Part 1
• Why Can’t We Save Ourselves
• Wolfgang’s Handkerchief
• Absolute Zero
• Love Unto the Dog Star
• The Book
• Roboguard
• A Hog’s Heart
• Incident On A Windswept Hill
• Mr. Fox
• Nothing Stands Against a Hero!
• Fillet
• Coffee Apocalypse
• Fallen
• Lost My Signal
• To Love Again
• Shadow Dad
• In Memory of the Brightwell Family
• Time in the Park
• Read My Story
• Shades
• Night Watch
• Living the Hero Dream
• Imagine
• Blah Blah
• The Convalescent
• Guilty
• The White Man
• But I’m On The ‘Do Not Call’ List
• It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
• Whale Song
• Sunco
• The Hairbrush Murderer
• Melted Ice Cream
• A Not So Distressed Damsel
• Constellations
• Wings
• Nothing Special
• Our Daughter Laments the Past
• The Case of the Shouldering Thief
• Strobe
• The Valley of Doom
• Inside Lookin Out
• Maybe It Was Sleep Apnea
• The Number Reader
• The Wages of Sloth
• Frankie Ties
• The Digger
• Kites
• Peacefully Coexist
• Cloudy Skies Burned Clear
• Miss Missouri
• Conversation with the Wilderness
• Flesh
• Dear Susan
• The Virus
• Amanda
• Hard Work Pays off in any Profession
• Meandering in Silence
• Hunger
• The Pope
• The Bunny Hunt
• Jessica and the Rabbit
• Erasing Charlie
• Impetus
• Pedicab
• Keeping Up Appearances
• The Twelfth Day
• Milk Cartons
• Three Uninvited Guests
• The Ghost
• Is This An Emergency?
• Paper Cut Girl
• The Aloo Tree
• Julie’s Got a Gun
• Bjorn Noordvidarvdervarn and the Shape-Shifters
• Still Dark
• After A Little While Amongst The Cows
• The Story of How the Dragon Got Its Scales
• I Hate the Sunshine
• Tim
• Stuffing
• Smack Head
• The Morning After
• The Pick of the Stand
• The Tattoo
• Countdown
• Genesis
• The Usurper
• The Gift
• Future Robots
• Inked
• How to Fail at Telemarketing
• Pink Slip
• Jeopardy Double
• Black Steel
• The Tourists Attraction
• Cat Army
• Steak for Tuff
• The Organization
• Noel
• Got Tickets?
• The Forge
• Alchemy
• Remember the Good Times
• Ménage á Trois
• Helplessness
• The New Guy
• The Tree and the Hourglass
• The Orchard
• Saving Sylvia
• Henny Comes Home
• Reggie and the Pre-Afterlife Waiting Room
• Going Dancing
• Art Is The Child
• Going Up!
• Memories of Life
• New Word to the Pa-Ayello
• Nathan #1
• Snap
• Emptied
• The Wild Man
• The Dragon’s Inn
• Through the Storm
• The Hill
• Drive
• Shoot the Mail Carrier, Burn the Letters
• The Continental Ladies’ Academy
• The Light
• The Playground
• Leap of Faith
• Finley’s Airplane
• Chuck the Canadian Corpse
• Lost Mitten
• A Matter of Time
• Prom
• Running with the Wolves
• Absolut
• Serial Killer Sentenced
• Dirt Soup
• Coffee
• Puppy’s Multiple Homes
• Lemon Pie
• The Captain
• Movin to the Moon
• The Early Bird
• Alicia #1
• Ghosts
• Getting Rowdy
• Ballast
• Rainbringer
• Cold and Hot
• The Delivery Guy
• When You See God, Keep Your Hands Off His Face
• Paint the Sky
• Daddy, Is Santa Claus Real?
• Ghost Writer
• Light
• Angry Women Museum
• Reap the Whirlwind
• A Cold Holiday
• Tarantulas in Flagstaff
• The Canine Connection
• Reindeer Pictures
• Fire ‘Em Up
• Famous Common People I Have Known, Mick Hensley
• The Night Bus Doesn’t Stop Downtown
• Dedication
• It Could Be Us
• The Character-Driven Story
• We Won’t Be Right Back
• Santa Claus Has a Space Ship
• Cronus
• The Stars are Juliet’s Eyes
• The Ferryman’s Wife
• Bug Catcher
• A Song for Sweetie
• A Homecoming Revelation
• Scrap Suit
• The Beach
• Too Short A Goodbye
• The Penguin Who Loved to Crunch Ice
• Señorita, Oh Señorita
• If Only Someone Had Cared a Little More
• Skybound
• Nail Varnish
• An Unexpected Encounter in Jerusalem
• The King’s Wife
• But
• Writer’s Block
• Phoebe
• The Soul Mechanic
• The Boat of Prestigious Pirates in Plankwalk and Pillaging and Pillaging
• The House of Gravity
• Pottering About in Thailand
• The Presence
• Love of God
• The Dervish and the Little Girl
• Little Knight
• I Bumped Into the Pigeon Man
• Men
• The Finest Print Money can Buy
• The Secret School Prize
• Under
• My First Deer
• Right Hook
• Clenched Teeth
• On Mannerheimintie
• A Tale of Two Cities
• The Summer Drive
• Carbonara
• The Gymnasium Duel
• Night of the Dragon
• On / Off
• Fetch
• The Onyx Halls
• Face Paint
• The Day I Became a…
• Fridge City
• Bane
• The Grave Sweeper
• Dance of the Whale
• Sand
• Starstealer
• The Rift
• Last Spring
• The Weather Girl
• Lisa
• Undefeated
• The Brothers
• The Leap
• The Wish
• Raketa
• The Boers
• Big Tree
• The Boys
• Shining Armor
• The River
• Rage
• The Creator
• Tsaonetsi
• Shell Shocked
• Bars
• The Fixer
• The Man with the Lined Face
• Love Knows I’m Hurting
• The Notebook
• Guys and Dolls
• The Lesson
• The Waiting Room
• Speedy Mart
• The Tank
• The Lone Pine
• Blank
• Peaches
• The Meadow
• 6V
• One Last Cigarette