There’s a “best falls ever” compilation on mute. All I can think is this is the fucking life as a man jumps onto a trampoline and falls through it, keeps falling through the earth itself, forever, his whole body eventually shattered into nothing by the core.… more
Category Archives: FLASH FICTION
Marionettist
FLASH FICTION by Nick Di CarloWhen questioned, Blac confessed to being an artist, claimed to have loved his victims, which he considered his creations whom he desired to preserve in a more perfect, permanent state.… more
Exit Plans
FLASH FICTION by Gun DokgoA dead man’s bullet holes leak feathers that form a vortex under a police helicopter’s rotor wash, making the scene resemble an eerie snow globe.… more
The Milltown Diplomats Athletic Club, Summer of ‘42
FLASH FICTION by Chris Cocca“Dago,” Bill said, what do’yer think?”
“I think I’ll put it in the creek,” Vic said. “Don’t you worry your pink cheeks.”
“Eat shit,” the pitcher said. “I think I’ll put it in your mom.”… more
Blue Moon
FLASH FICTION by Sean McConnellThere was no reason to take it. No reason to stay and no reason to leave. She would wake in the blue dawn light and know that he was gone and that he had taken something from her which she would not get back. Maybe that was the reason.… more
Soldier of God
FLASH FICTION by Christian FullerWe will plant a church and that church will grow like a flower I don’t know the name for. But we are not gardeners. We carry weapons fashioned against The Enemy. We are soldiers of God.… more
Where The Water Goes
FLASH FICTION by Susmita MukherjeeHe’d promised himself, promised his therapist, he’d stop letting anger be the first thing out of his mouth. But here he was, a grown man, sober for three months, crying over a clogged drain while his son watched him unravel like cheap plumbing.… more
Hard Times
FLASH FICTION by Vinayak Das GuptaHere’s this little dude. He’s kicking me. Ow! That really hurts! He’s pulling my J’s off! I say, “What the fuck, man?” He goes, “Fuck you,” so I go, “No, fuck you” then he kicks me in the nuts.… more
The Deli Boys
FLASH FICTION by Sabrina HicksThe Deli Boys were men everyone called boys, townies who never left their neighborhood, never left their first jobs, their first girls, pulling the condom off when her head was turned, said real men don’t wear condoms so they rolled them up like whispers in the backseat of their parents’ cars… more
Presence
FLASH FICTION by Raymond J. BrashMy girlfriend Annesa says she needs to visit her ex-boyfriend’s grave today because she felt his presence in second period during a lesson about tectonic plates crashing against each other.… more
