Trouble
Write 500 words about what’s troubling the protagonist.
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TSA: Here to Serve
flash fiction by Paul Beckman Mendel stood waiting to board the plane. He took off his shoes, emptied his pockets, turned on his computer and… Read More »TSA: Here to Serve
A Special Business Plan – flash fiction by Stefan Markovski
The scoundrel was a pirate. “Scoundrel, why is it that you are a pirate?” he was asked by a captain, just a moment before his… Read More »A Special Business Plan – flash fiction by Stefan Markovski
Contributors to Flash in the Attic: 44 Very Short Stories
CONTRIBUTORS Neal Allen’s story Mayan Calendar appeared in the first Flash in the Attic anthology. He has won awards from Fiction Attic Press and Glimmer… Read More »Contributors to Flash in the Attic: 44 Very Short Stories
Gathering up the Bones of the Deceased
Flash Fiction by Hilary Wilson Still hot from the flames, my father’s bones lie on a silver metal table. The bones are made brittle by… Read More »Gathering up the Bones of the Deceased
Billy, Elvis, & Jesus
Flash Fiction by Christopher Woods Every morning, the same ritual. You dust both photographs. Turn Billy’s face up again for another day while the coffee… Read More »Billy, Elvis, & Jesus
Some Realizations after Ten Months in Texas
Memoir by Alyssa Sinclair 1. My apartment door opens to a hallway lined with three other brown metal doors. An oversized patchwork owl hangs on… Read More »Some Realizations after Ten Months in Texas
Forgotten Flyers – Flash Fiction by Bobby Sauro
The Chief Inspector prints a flyer each time another woman is murdered. The woman is referred to by name; the unknown assailants are referred to… Read More »Forgotten Flyers – Flash Fiction by Bobby Sauro
Buried – Flash Fiction by Nathan Alling Long
You dropped it in the ocean so as hide it. But no, that’s not quite the right word—for hiding implies from someone, and no one was… Read More »Buried – Flash Fiction by Nathan Alling Long
Flight – Flash Fiction by Gypsy Martin
The first time it happened, it had been a shock. Ray’s head rested heavy on the small oval window of the airplane. His eyes had… Read More »Flight – Flash Fiction by Gypsy Martin