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I Don’t Care if Monday’s Blue: A Short Story by Tim Jones

Posted on November 12, 2019March 13, 2020 by SSFFS Project
I Don’t Care if Monday’s Blue: A Short Story by Tim Jones
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In free flash fiction, free short stories, tim jones

She woke up and everything had changed. But there is one silver lining…

APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE: A Short Story by Mary Papas

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Mary Papas
APPEARANCES ARE DECEPTIVE: A Short Story by Mary Papas
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short Stories, Mary PapasTagged In free flash fiction, free short stories, mary papas

Melissa would welcome her fans in her dressing room, with a big smile on her face. She would yell at the cleaning lady who would come later, when everyone else was gone. She would play with her jewelry at home. Continue Reading

SWEET TEA: A Free Short Story by Deina Furth

Posted on July 14, 2019 by SSFFS Project
SWEET TEA: A Free Short Story by Deina Furth
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In deina furth, free flash fiction, free short stories

(1215 words) The ice cubes are almost gone, misshapen chunks of fractured glass floating in the diluted amber sea. The sweetness has dulled. The sun has gone with it, leaving me alone on the sagging deck, eyes fixed on the Continue Reading

THE NOTE: A Free Short Story by Mary Papas

Posted on May 9, 2019May 8, 2019 by SSFFS Project
THE NOTE: A Free Short Story by Mary Papas
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short Stories, Mary PapasTagged In free flash fiction, free short stories, mary papas

I want you to know this was not an easy decision. I have been thinking about this for months. It is the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last one when I go to bed. Continue Reading

House of Mirrors: A Short Story by Tia Brown

Posted on February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 by SSFFS Project
House of Mirrors: A Short Story by Tia Brown
Posted In UncategorizedTagged In free short stories, guest posts

(902 Words) A man stares at his full reflection, trembling with excitement. He slowly reaches out and touches his reflection… finger to finger. There’s a spark of light. Then ripples. His reflection warps and shrinks. It is now a small Continue Reading

THE OBSESSION OF ED NOLAN: A Free Short Story by PJ Rhett

Posted on July 16, 2018July 16, 2018 by Deina Furth
THE OBSESSION OF ED NOLAN: A Free Short Story by PJ Rhett
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In free short stories, free stories, pj rhett

(1164 words) Ed Nolan parked his blue 1955 Chevrolet under the maple trees right across the street from the high school. It was unusually warm on that September afternoon for Minnesota: 80 degrees and no wind. Ed pulled a hankie Continue Reading

THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 3 of 3)

Posted on July 5, 2018August 13, 2018 by Deina Furth
THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 3 of 3)
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In deina furth, free short stories, free short story

Part 3 of 3 (1597 words) It had to be the television. It had really hyped this up, this suicidal glorification, hadn’t it? And now it was affecting impressionable teenagers’ minds. The old man shook his head. “It was two Continue Reading

THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 2 of 3)

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Deina Furth
THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 2 of 3)
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In deina furth, free short stories, short story

(1298 words) “Miss, you’re on my property,” he tried again. He hobbled across his porch so that he stood at the top of three steps leading to the lawn, wanting to make sure that she heard him. “And down there’s Continue Reading

THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 1 of 3)

Posted on June 17, 2018June 18, 2018 by Deina Furth
THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 1 of 3)
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In deina furth, free reads, free short stories

(1066 words) The old man was stirring a dab of honey into his chamomile tea when the first raindrop hit the window. He looked up, his attention shifting to the droplets as they created a constellation of mirrored beads on the Continue Reading

Never Again: A Short Story by Mary Papas

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Mary Papas
Never Again: A Short Story by Mary Papas
Posted In Free Flash Fiction and Short StoriesTagged In free flash fiction, free reads, free short stories, free short story, mary papas

Never again. I will not come back. This is it. You hit me for the last time. I look in the mirror. An old lady with bruises all over the face and neck looks back at me.  I am 30 Continue Reading

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