Category: flash fiction

Family Problems by Joshua Asmah

Posted on August 24, 2014 by Every Writer

I’m sitting there, clicking away at my laptop, working on a new story.

My cousin’s on the floor, playing a puzzle game on a tablet. She’s almost done.

The Old Bag by Linda Casper

Posted on August 22, 2014August 23, 2014 by Every Writer

The beaten-up, old leather bag of indeterminate colour looked the most interesting find so far. James brought it down from the attic and dumped it on the kitchen table for further investigation.

Troll Bot

Posted on August 12, 2014August 12, 2014 by Every Writer

The latest item had come in while Ray was out of the office. West Coast – TB17. He looked at it and swore under his breath. He hadn’t signed on for this crap, at least it wasn’t what he thought he was signing on for

A Killing in Town by Peter Malone

Posted on August 7, 2014 by Every Writer

The door of the restaurant opened up and two men came in.

They sat down at the bar, and Bob, the owner, said, “What can I do for your?”

The Other Coach by Sozou-Kyrkou Konstantina

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Every Writer

I’m unzipping the small suitcase open when the phone rings.

‘Tonia, is that you?’ My mama’s fuzzy voice comes through the line in agonizing gasps.

Flounder by Andrew M. Carless

Posted on June 27, 2014October 28, 2017 by Every Writer

Flounder by Andrew M. Carless I threw my tackle box in the bed of my truck, chunks of rust bounced

In Springtime by Nancy Christie

Posted on June 25, 2014October 28, 2017 by Every Writer

Each spring, the urge to plant something—a flower or vegetable or anything that would blossom and produce—pulled at her. It must have been a legacy from her grandmother who had, long ago, kept a garden of small and neat proportions.

The Rat Child by Grace Andreacchi

Posted on November 15, 2013August 9, 2017 by Every Writer

Grace Andreacchi * is a novelist, poet and playwright. Works include the novels *Scarabocchio *and *Poetry and Fear*,* Music

In a builder’s notebook by William Bain

Posted on September 22, 2013August 8, 2017 by Every Writer

The finishings on the vertical planes of the hotel’s interior. An inexpensive or moderately priced paint has been used here in the corridor, a light beige. Its smooth appearance

Bootlegs by Adam Daniel

Posted on May 3, 2013October 28, 2017 by Every Writer

We told our parents we were going fishing. My brother stuffed contraband down one of his bootlegs, and we set out for the creek in the woods behind our house.

Nothing good ever came from those boots. He wore them black and with a pointed toe.