flash fiction
Found 73 works tagged 'flash fiction'.
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The Perfect Find
Published Jul 5, 2019 · 324 words (2 minutes) · 50 views
Literary Fiction Family flash fiction hoarding
With every yard sale, thrift store, and abandoned cluster of junk at the roadside, James' mother is on the hunt, and James and his father can't tell for what. When James' father disappears, James' mother finally locates the perfect find--and it's the greatest tragedy James can imagine.
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Paying for Death
Published Jun 18, 2019 · 881 words (4 minutes) · 72 views
Fantasy flash revenge Family flash fiction
Mirri wants revenge on her sister, but the price may be more than she thinks.
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North
Published Jun 12, 2019 · 115 words (1 minute) · 2 views
Science Fiction far future flash fiction dystopian environmentalism
In the far future, where will humanity find water? And when they find it, will it be enough?
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The Flight Stone
Published Jun 7, 2019 · 989 words (4 minutes) · 76 views
Half-starved orphans like Calife have two choices in life: stay on the streets of Hark and die, or become a child soldier for the Harkish Army and ride airhorses, which can't take flight with anything heavier than stunted children on their backs. Calife has no desire to return to the streets, but she won't stay small forever. What lengths will she go to in order to keep riding?
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Reading the Future
Published Jun 5, 2019 · 924 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 128 views
Fantasy prophecy flash fiction Fortune teller
Why would the Foreseen One, who knows her destiny better than anyone, keep going to fortune tellers?
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Where They Belong
Published Jun 3, 2019 · 841 words (4 minutes) · 143 views
Horror post-apocalpytic flash fiction zombie
A young boy survives a world-ending apocalypse and must make a terrible decision.
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My Weekly 5 - June 3, 2019
Published Jun 3, 2019 · 900 words (4 minutes)
flash fiction short stories reading recommendations
A weekly curated list of recommended short stories.
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When the Lights Go On
Published May 31, 2019 · 991 words (4 minutes) · 61 views
Horror Science Fiction flash fiction 1950s Sci-Fi Horror
A new source of energy extracts a terrible price from a small town.
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Alternate Explanation
Published May 11, 2019 · 115 words (1 minute) · 1 like · 196 views
Humor Historical flash fiction Shakespeare
This is a very, very short story from back in the early days of Book View Cafe when I was publishing a flash fiction every week (eventually collected in Flashes of Illumination). I was inspired to post it by this article in The Atlantic.
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The Message
Published May 7, 2019 · 999 words (4 minutes) · 156 views
Fantasy flash Family dark fantasy flash fiction
Trying to win approval, Odeled offers to deliver a message to his father's enemies. But at what cost?
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