Category Archives: FLASH FICTION

FLASH FICTION (LESS THAN 1000 WORDS)

Presence

{Feb 19, 2026}

My 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

The Future Is So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades

FLASH FICTION by Ellen-Arwen Tristram

{Feb 17, 2026}

First time I nearly died was a bit pathetic, Mum too caught up with the rest of the kids, I was bored. Only got 24 hours on a ward ‘til Mum picked me up for discharge. Didn’t get any therapy, don’t think she took the calls.… more

Come Back Just to Spite You

FLASH FICTION by Chuck Strange

{Feb 15, 2026}

You can come back every day and see how it changes, how that fur and fat and meat and all that just goes away, and you’re left with a little pile of bones that don’t look like anything except bones.… more

Disappearing Act

FLASH FICTION by Christopher Linforth

{Feb 11, 2026}

There’s a connection, a mutual understanding. Two waves one over. One grins. One breathes on one’s palm and sniffs hours-old choripán. Three’s favorite street food. One decides to chance it with two. Three will never find out. Three’s busy at home, a continent away, with half and third.… more

Automatonophobia

FLASH FICTION by Steven Whitaker

{Feb 9, 2026}

But Muppets don’t end with your TV screens. Did you know? They infiltrate your workplaces, your idols, your governments.… more

My Neighbor Pays Me $100 to Dress Up Like His Dead Daughter

FLASH FICTION by Christina Tudor

{Feb 8, 2026}

And that’s when he told me I reminded him of his dead daughter because we both have red hair, freckles, and look like we’re keeping everybody else’s secrets.… more

Claim Tickets

FLASH FICTION by Henrick Karoliszyn

{Feb 7, 2026}

For weeks after the blaze, I kept feeling like I was missing an essential item—my wallet, parts of my face, my entire body at times, but it seemed ridiculous because I was holding my wallet, could see my reflected face, and as far as I could tell, was still fairly alive. Still, some days I wasn’t sure.… more

Two Stories

FLASH FICTION by S.H. Woodgeard

{Feb 4, 2026}

Tammy Faye face, dollar store wig, she smokes Camels on the chaise while I root through her kitchen for oven cleaner.… more

Why I Started Feeling Better About My Accent

FLASH FICTION by Meg Pokrass

{Feb 2, 2026}

Because my husband Bob, out to sea with his maleness, will fly around the front yard, nekkid as a rabbit, as if to challenge me, and because my mother never thought twice about murdering a jackrabbit in the late afternoon.… more

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