“For the grand prize of fifty thousand dollars and a trip to Montego Bay, name the popular children’s program that features a sassy monocle wearing black cat in a red sweater?”
Category: Flash Fiction
Watch the Gap by Lance Manion
There are not a great number of things I enjoy more than riding on a train. Sitting there in comfort, being silently whisked through rural (think pastoral,) subuarban (think strip malls) and urban (think post-apocalyptic) scenes, is second only to a good haircut from a busty barber (think Holly Peers) on my list… Continue reading Watch the Gap by Lance Manion
Early Bird by Eve Lyons
Joseph came here every morning, but he had never seen the hawk. Other clients had told him about it, but he had never seen it for himself. He was smoking a cigarette, waiting for his weekly therapist’s appointment, when something big and brown swooped down over his head and snatched a baby squirrel… Continue reading Early Bird by Eve Lyons
The Cycle of Strength by Hope Sanchez
We can still feel the wind from the slash of her sword and the earth still quakes from her battles for she was a furious warrior that bowed to none. She stared into the eyes of her enemy with not fear but determination. She lived for as long as the world stood and her voice… Continue reading The Cycle of Strength by Hope Sanchez
The Cooking Lesson by Anuja Ghimire
Shaili coughed by the wood fire until her ribs ached, but her aunt didn’t excuse her from the kitchen. Nima, who had trained many girls in the day but loved Shaili the most, asked, “Child, just cover your mouth with the shawl. Besides, who will cook for your husband?” “I will check the stove before… Continue reading The Cooking Lesson by Anuja Ghimire
Once in a Blue Moon by Anika Shah
“You know those days when you get the mean reds?’ ‘The mean reds, you mean like the blues?’ ‘No. The blues are because you’re getting fat and maybe it’s been raining too long, you’re just sad that’s all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you’re afraid and you don’t know what you’re afraid of. Do… Continue reading Once in a Blue Moon by Anika Shah
I Quit Smoking by Shifat Sultana
I bought a cigarette. I lit it with the lighter you gave me. You told me it would stop me from smoking anymore. You told me I would remember that you had wanted me to stop. Why did you say that? Why did you give me that lighter? Did you really believe that it would… Continue reading I Quit Smoking by Shifat Sultana
Annabel Lee by Anika Shah
Edgar Allan Poe, in memoriam I saw her again last night. Or I thought I did. She was standing at the other end of the corridor, vague yet vividly visible in the half light coming from the dining hall. She was dressed in a light blue frock with a white collar and white frails. Wearing… Continue reading Annabel Lee by Anika Shah
Everything by Joy Tea
Sometimes I think I am a mountain that is churning and sometimes I think I am the sea rising. The other day I was a cumulus cloud trying to impersonate a rain cloud pouring over the city, especially over the cat that refuses to come out of the house. I still don’t know who… Continue reading Everything by Joy Tea
The Gloomy Goddess of Uniqueness by Abdullah Al Muktadir
I went on looking for the Goddess of Uniqueness nights after nights. At last, on the last day of our latest winter, I met her. She had been wandering along a lonely river and her eyes were no more shining like stars. So I started the conversation expressing my surprise regarding her extinguished eyes… Continue reading The Gloomy Goddess of Uniqueness by Abdullah Al Muktadir