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Foxman – The Origin Story

One day there is a dead fox in the road outside the school, all opened up, inside out. Yippee the lollipop lady brandishes her lollipop like a broadsword…

Ben September 8, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Desertion

I struggled to separate my stuck eyelids while inside winds shook my head. Light from the window added up to my eye fight.
“Yasser!”

abudhabiwritersadmin September 4, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

The Horsemen

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…

abudhabiwritersadmin February 2, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Smiley!

John, Paul and George shot from triangular positions. John’s went astray; however the other two rocks hit the small head perfectly…

abudhabiwritersadmin January 31, 2022 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Floor 77

For a few moments he moved relentlessly back and forth along the corridor; then he looked at the red glowing numbers, both read 77…

abudhabiwritersadmin October 25, 2021 Flash Fiction

Sunglasses

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This is Sherif’s first contribution and was written in response to a writing exercise on an online course…

abudhabiwritersadmin October 20, 2021 Flash Fiction, Workshop

Monitor

A A Read More

“If I’m called from class, behave yourselves. Otherwise, the Monitor will wreak vengeance.”

abudhabiwritersadmin March 30, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Domestique

A A Read More

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…

Ben January 25, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Flora’s Unspoken War

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Flora Goodwin picks at the hole in the tablecloth on her kitchen table. There must be something she can do…

Ben January 13, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction

Keith Sees Too Much

Keith is smart, quits the 4am starts and high-stakes gambling with the nation’s mortgages for a country reboot before the breakdown…

Ben January 12, 2021 Fiction, Flash Fiction
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