(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
Free Flash Fiction and Short Stories
THE NOTE: A Free Short Story by 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
The Menagerie: A Free Short Story by Deina Furth
The Menagerie (1430 words) The halls were quiet. Helena’s footsteps echoed against the delicate arches and columns: a building made almost entirely of glass and mirrors, ancient and strange, with the mythic menagerie awaiting her behind the only wooden doors Continue Reading
STEPDAD: A Free Short Story by Mary Papas
(326 words) James talks to Hunter about organ donation and about the importance of bracing herself for unfortunate outcomes. Hunter sees him opening and closing his mouth but she hears nothing. It is like the mute button is pressed. The Continue Reading
CYBER KILLER: A Free Short Story by Mary Papas
(826 words) ”He’s definitely going to kill you. He posted a picture of you with a target on your forehead on Facebook. Get out of the house! Now!” ”Who’s this?” I ask. ”Who’s this?” the woman on the other end Continue Reading
THE OBSESSION OF ED NOLAN: A Free Short Story by 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)
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)
(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)
(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
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