Category: Free Stories and Poems
I should have noticed the first time I watched the man from down the street. He walked his three girls to school. They looked slightly disheveled, but in the charming way that families with several young children possess. It’s...
I recently learned that the online magazine The Flash Fiction Press is going on hiatus until the end of the summer. This magazine is the home of my first published piece, “From the Water’s Edge,” my first attempt at flash fiction. I thought I’d...
Wooden planks riddled the beach protruding like tombstones. A hastily made fire signal stood ready, a sentinel on the hill, stretching out into the blue expanse. I watch a ship sail into view so close I think I...
You’ve seen my flash fiction before, and now here it is again, but in just six words. Passionate dreams, scattered with her ashes. Try out this challenge. Give me your best fiction in six words (or thereabouts) in...
A flash fiction piece to start your day. Enjoy! From the mountaintop, Sven shook the last of the ashes from the urn. He stood with a mouthful of regret. Regret that his mouth was open when a perfectly-timed squall came up...