Category Archives: Flash Fiction
Hunting Season
We watch each other in this sanctuary, this quail and I, prisoners of lives into which we were born. The bird is free to fly away, to go where he pleases. But he has surely heard the gun fire, watched … Continue reading
Celebration
Celebration The delivery man stared at the patio set he’d put together as if daydreaming. Lost in my own contemplations, I murmured, “Perfect.” “Perfect for what?” he asked. Embarrassed he’d heard my musings, I replied, “A tea party.” He snickered. … Continue reading
Happy Place
A lucky koi am I To live here Surrounded by gardens And best of all, stacked rocks Because I remember stories My grandfather told me Of watching monks stack one by one One by one In Japan Before he was … Continue reading
All the Petals Are Gone
Sleepy-eyed and slightly bummed about my first Valentine’s Day alone, I walked into the kitchen to pour a cup of coffee. In a beam of sunlight on the kitchen table I found A rose. With a note. “I love you, … Continue reading
Our Tenth Valentine’s Day
My heart skipped a beat when her text arrived. Starting the car now. My reaction surprised me. After all, we’d been best friends for ten years—since that lucky Valentine’s Day, when, at the age of seven, she moved into the … Continue reading
Heaven
Heaven My boat drifts toward Berrisford Harbor, as waves lap gently against the hull. I squint to make out the oceanview penthouse I once shared with Pops and imagine him staring out the window. Sixty years since I last visited … Continue reading
Farewell, My Boy
Farewell, My Boy Don’t be sad for me even as you see my scattered remnants. Mine was a bountiful life. From the day I first peeked from moist earth and found sunshine to the day I survived the clearing of … Continue reading
#FlashFiction #Fictioneers: Forsaken
This is my first opportunity to post a flash fiction with the Friday Fictioneers under our new leader, Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. It’s a big job to take over this project from Madison Woods — thanks, Rochelle! This week’s photo prompt is … Continue reading
#FlashFiction #Fictioneers: Nuggets
This week’s photo prompt is by Ron Pruitt, and I must say, for me, it has been one of the most challenging. But sometimes challenges bear new fruit, and my story this week is outside of my typical fare. And … Continue reading
#FlashFiction #Fictioneers: Nuggets
This week’s photo prompt is by Ron Pruitt, and I must say, for me, it has been one of the most challenging. But sometimes challenges bear new fruit, and my story this week is outside of my typical fare. And … Continue reading
