Stories tagged micro-fiction

Ma & Pa

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The rickshaw is a monument to Ma, who waves at gawkers, a beauty queen on a float of faded flowers.

Old Flames

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Too soon we lost the will to get up and hunt for more driftwood.

It's True What They Say

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…and when I open my eyes I see what a perfect shot, the arrow stuck in the side of my neck, a fountain of blood sinking the snow like maple sap, and Dave barrels through underbrush, his breath heaves white clouds, he's lost his hat, there's a bald spot in back I'd never…

Binge Painter

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One week until the exhibition and only half the paintings were done. This was how Axel worked best, with a gun to his head.

Spaghetti Woman

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She was fast as the wind and lived on air, her clothes a size 0000.

The Sneeze

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Ziggy did not believe in hypnosis.

Notebooks

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"Notebooks" is included in Real, Pure Slush, Volume 3.Contributors include James Claffey, Gill Hoffs, S.H. Gall, Sharon Louise Stephenson, Rebecca Chekouras, Jonathan Slusher, Joanna Delooze, Cinda Gibbon, D.M. Simone, John…

Vanity Chair

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Ramona helps Mrs. Brodsky out of bed. The old woman grumbles but squeezes her caretaker's girlish hand. One frail body leans against a stronger one; they trudge to the adjoining bathroom. Ramona submerges Mrs. Brodsky in warm bath water.…

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.

Thirst

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His shoulders were smaller than my fists, but he was the closest thing I ever wanted to a man.

Childless

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The Ruined Person

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The pit of my stomach was bottoming out, this lurching sort-of feeling one experiences when one has coasted WELL OVER an abyss and has no way of finding one's bearings . . .

Condimental

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"Excuse me, ma'am? You wanted the mayonnaise on the side, right?"No one ever called her ma'am again.

The Princess and the Frog: What is Flash Fiction?

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If you want full dramatization, read a novel.

Leaving Home

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She refused to leave her parents to marry him.