Stories tagged micro-fiction

Bestiary

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A woman posted a story on Fictionaut about discovering that her husband was a werewolf.

Stroke

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She doesn't regret that they hadn't spoken. What did they have to say to each other, anyway?

'Hardly Guarded' by Leanna MacFarlane

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People won't shut up sometimes.

Freedom

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She tossed the big bird into the air. It wobbled, then flew away.

Sweet Sorrow

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He sat at the bar and waited for her. He looked at the noon drinkers with indifferent eyes.

Stop

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The dead girl was his niece’s daughter. Only thirteen years old.

David and Goliath

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The giant hurled threats and insults. He brandished a knife that was a foot long.

Two Micros

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She always wore a little smile. When she took off her robe, the class grew quiet.

Cold

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I told her I didn't love her. She said love wasn't important; she wanted to marry a man she could respect.

The Women

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I crawl under a table in the kitchen and listen to the women talk.

Downsized!!

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At least with one-sentence stories writers were not so much bound by mandated word limits. There was a certain flexibility granted to this form.

Blow

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The one in 1919 was a doozy, said my mother. It blew all the feathers off their chickens.

Two Micros

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I look at the painting of a nude sitting in the room by a window.

Mommy Dearest

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His daddy died in his sleep. Went to bed one might and never got up.

Leftovers

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That evening she sat on sofa and sniffled and twisted her handkerchief with her fingers. I decided it wasn't the right time to show her the picture....