Stories tagged flash-fiction

The Baddest Man in Three Counties

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Israel Spurlock came out of his mama filled with meanness. She thought giving him a Bible name would help calm him, but it didn't save him from a life of hatefulness....

Squall

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There’s nothing I can do to help. There’s nothing I would do.

Uncle Henri

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Everyone in the village was talking about the man who´d asked the little girl to accompany him to the park.

All the Bad Things About Hill House

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I felt the most afraid I’ve ever felt in my life, like all the unknowns in the universe were rushing through me at once.

First Love

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He donned a brown pair of trousers, a white shirt and a green wool jacket.

Saying It with Flowers

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Those Chivas rocks in a plush booth this afternoon, huddled with Amy from upstairs, her hair smelling of lavender, looking at you like nobody has in years.

A Young Wife's Worldview

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I just want everybody to be happy,” she said because she was the kind of person who would say something like that...

Lithium and Gin

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"It's called Death Spank," said an acquaintance of mine as we sat outside in the heavy rain, sipping gin at a local cafe. He'd whispered it like it was some kind of depraved secret, his words followed up with a grin and a "You'll love it. I'm telling you" nod and a wink. He…

One with Everything

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I refuse to give in. I am a woman of purpose, hard-wired to whine.

Montego

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they had babies - lots and lots of babies. And they drove around in giant, steel tanks that they called cars.

Real Heart

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A heart which is alive despite everything in the world that wants to deaden it.

If love stories could only be written on the backs of snapping turtles, who would bother? (Reposted)

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Where men and women are concerned, the use of words? Inadequate.

The Garden Heaters Of Kilburn

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when women’s hair shrinks into tight curly balls and sits on top of their heads like scrunches of wool, blowing in the wind, hanging from the mouths of recently shot deer.

Albanian Cognac

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He didn’t go off with the others to the Gasthaus. “Why not?” I asked. “I’m Tschusch,” he said.

Pinocchio's Back with Snow White Again!

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“Lie to me, lie to me!” she kept screaming.