On a misty Sunday morning, I walk in to my balcony, yawning and greeting the day with a […]
Category Archive: Flash Fiction
One day there is a dead fox in the road outside the school, all opened up, inside out. […]
The Husband That fat pig! And then they would blame me for being on the booze every day. […]
The fingers played gracefully on the keys. My eyes rolled following the clicks. Porcelain, long fingers, extended by […]
A Race I’m always late! Green like her eyes … no, they are lighter: greyish a bit. I […]
“Yasser … Yasser!” The voice came from the deep well as I’m trying to conquer the darkness to […]
You wake up on a grey floor, in a large dome-shaped room so spherical it seems unnatural. The room is empty except for a large pipe that protrudes out of the wall…
John, Paul and George shot from triangular positions. John’s went astray; however the other two rocks hit the small head perfectly…
For a few moments he moved relentlessly back and forth along the corridor; then he looked at the red glowing numbers, both read 77.
This is Sherif’s first contribution and was written in response to a writing exercise on an online course…
She stared at me, and I tried my best not to blink. Her spidery lashes did not meet […]
Bill Renwind was content. Sure, the world was falling to pieces. The sickness was raging through the country. […]
“If I’m called from class, behave yourselves. Otherwise, the Monitor will wreak vengeance.”
You use 40 percent less energy in the peloton. A life spent in the service of others, dragging them up mountains, ferrying them down the other side…
Flora Goodwin picks at the hole in the tablecloth on her kitchen table. There must be something she can do…
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