Stories tagged flash-fiction

Strawberry Daiquiris

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A hot summer night walks into a bar and orders a drink.

Trick or Treat

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A Halloween drabble. Happy Halloween to all!

Too many leaves

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This late November day there are too many leaves filling the yard.

What We're Looking For

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The inside of his mouth tasted like candy wrappers

The Flintstone Variations

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“It’s language that sets us apart from the beasts,” says Fred Flintstone. “Nothing sets you apart from the beasts,” Wilma replies.

Happy Meal

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The girl loved the car for all the reasons her mother didn’t.

The Man in Mama's Bedroom

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Mr. Przybylinski lives in the bedroom with Mama. Mama says this is only temporary, but Mr. Przybylinski has been living there for over a year. Mr. Przybylinski is old and smells bad.

He's Grieved Long Enough

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My stepmother called me an amoral virgin during our latest "disagreement."

California

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It made this sound like pop and then, nothing.

Oklahoma, 1944: Howard Hughes Spends the Night in Jail

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There's a drain in the floor.

An Inconvenient Time

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The cell phone rang in his pants pocket on the floor beside the bed. He reached inside the pocket and answered, even as he was hip deep inside his wife. It was Jim, their electrician. “I was wondering if I could swing by and pick up those ballasts and the

Mathilda Is Not My Girlfriend

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Some idiot was gonna let a snake eat him. I know, but I saw it on the internets. That's some dumb-assed stuff right there. Everyone knows about snakes. The Jesus book tells us all about them, inside us, slithering through ruby-red and eating our guilt from inside out.…

The Ghost II

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Their training consists of French films, watching others eat chocolate.

The Sugar-Free Scent of Today

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Should have washed our hands, we thought after, licking sugar-spit and dirt.

Cricket Box

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Tonight the autumn air is clear and still. There is no frost to compare to moonbeams; no wind carries lotus fragrance or rustles maple leaves.