Flash fiction

  • Country road (take me home)

    Country road (take me home)

    Dad promised that I would love the new city, the new house and my new school.…

  • Ransom

    Ransom

    They watched her from behind a damaged pillar. She came alone as they instructed her to…

  • Maple leaf rock

    Maple leaf rock

    PHOTO PROMPT© CEAyr   Thyleia pushed the magic crystal sphere deeper into her satchel. Her wings…

  • Sheltering hope

    Sheltering hope

    PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson   Janna had often thought of Uzair over the years and…

  • Love Mules

    Love Mules

    When security pulled me out of the line, moments before boarding my flight back home, I…

  • Mental traffic

    Mental traffic

    Whenever I get too religious, as I have been this past Ramadan, I feel uneasy. Does…

  • The rich man by the sea

    The rich man by the sea

    Moonlight glinted off crystal glasses. Patrons dined al fresco on fish caught from the sea that…

  • The Teacher

    The Teacher

    Black dust stained her fingers where they trailed along the charred remains of a school desk.

  • Candy’s crush

    Candy’s crush

    Few people peppered the diner. Candy preferred it this way. Quiet and intimate. She slid into…

  • Red silk

    Red silk

    PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook The red silk dress clung to her curves. From the hip…