Stories tagged flash

Indoor Scene

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He and I made an indoor scene, a still diorama of age and hair white as stilettos of snow.

Used Rainbows

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A gray privacy fence, trees, cicadas, the rotten smell of the pool next door.

arrow head

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Golden arrows that used to point forward, left or right, spin directionless on what used to be empty white walls.

Caitlin's Boots

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A horn honks, brakes squeal, Chloe’s screaming, pulling at her. She’s lying on the sidewalk. Her shin hurts. Her knee. Chloe kneels beside her. Ring of kids staring. I’m good, she says. I’m good.

Spilled Milk

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(I'd appreciate some feedback on this very weird story.) A Frosted Mini Wheat walks in to a bar...

This Is For Freddy

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Milton Glick waddled his girlish hips through my front door.

Proud Mary

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Mary had no shoes. She told me they were stolen by someone at the shelter and I believed her because she stood there outside the Arlington T stop in a pair of tube socks. She told me she wasn't asking for money. She told me the shelter was serving seafood today so her…

Stuck Shut

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I’m leaving him, soon as these flowers die.

1-UP

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The air smells like dream, like farm shit, like the salty stalling of evolution.

Puffer Fish in the Infinite Laboratory

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They put me in charge of developing a drug that stifles fear.

Afghanistan, Not to Be Confused with Tennessee

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Soon he is daydreaming again...

Geneviève's Voice

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Maybe this very short story is about shyness. Maybe. I'm not sure.

Afghanistan, Not to Be Confused with Tennessee

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Soon he is daydreaming...

The Feet Must Go

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There's something wrong with my feet, if they are my feet at all.

With a Hint of God

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Sometimes there was a sweet smile on her face, or a hand on her hip. But mostly, her sweet mouth was blurred in motion.