Stories tagged flash-fiction

The Pullover

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Then ‘it’ hit the floor. She stopped searching for a moment to stare at ‘it’. The shiny golden hue reflected back a distorted image of her once beautiful face

Bird Noises

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Let's buy this robin's egg blue furniture. Okay. Let's buy this album full of wren songs. Uh, okay.

Apathy

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There are several people I do not care for much at all—annoying cretins, blasé philistines, or godawful narcissuses—and I do not care much for caring about such people when I encounter them, which unfortunately happens quite often like some cruel lottery where I…

Fantasy Wiring

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In the mechanics of the fantasy, it is essential that the wiring is maintained, all circuits working, every current flowing with the precise measurements, lest the system malfunction and the world completely lost. The engineers are constantly abuzz, constantly understaffed…

What Exactly Does Heaven Look Like?

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So what exactly does heaven look like? They asked. He first found himself floating above clouds before witnessing “transparent, shimmering beings arced across the sky, leaving long, streamer-like lines behind them.” An unknown female companion esc

Tumorhead at the End of the World

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I’ve always wondered why my sister got all the luck in our family. She was shinier than the rest of us, somehow. Had the sweet smell of “good luck” on her.

Connected

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I have full bars on my iPhone, but no one has called, texted, emailed, IM'd, tweeted, Facebook'd, Tumblr messaged, or commented on my blog and I wonder if I am really connected, if my iPhone hasn't suddenly started to malfunction and I am really just all alone here,…

Roadside Assistance

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When it starts looking bad enough, I bundle up and head out the door.

He

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His mind barely functioning, acting on instinct, he lumbered forward with a mission.

Dog Days

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What do you do with a dead dog at five in the morning?

Silence

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I’m strapped down by several strangers. ‘What are you going to do with me?’ I thought.

I Roll into a Ball and They Throw me at Derek Jeter

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I inspect a pile of glistening salami.

Voltaire Drinks Thirty Cups of Coffee

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Voltaire drinks his coffee standing up in front of the microwave and he likes to hold one hand on his chest where his heart is while he drinks. He likes to feel his heartbeat quicken and then he imagines that he is a machine or something mechanical.

I Roll into a Ball and They Throw Me at Derek Jeter

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The weather machine chugs out more snow. I inspect a pile of glistening salami.

By The Wayside

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In her dismay, she takes on a comforting chore – cleaning out her closet. There's a blouse she hasn't worn in the last year, also a pair of red shoes, and a photo album she doesn't remember bringing from her last residence. On one page her family stands