Flash Fiction

My sister saw their car and shouted, “Oh no, you are not riding in that!” The car seemed to limp and its grill had been reattached with loose rope, but…

Vickie claimed I said something snooty to her during typing class about why she shouldn’t strike the keys without paper in the machine—and that’s how we met—but I had no…

I had my alarm set for 4:45 am. I didn’t need to get up until 5:00 but I wanted the extra fifteen minutes to lie still and quietly contemplate the…

I was running about ten minutes late for my shift at the grocery store but figured I could make up the time if I took the back streets to avoid…

I can’t tell you how I met my husband. I can tell you how I met the man I married but we had been married a good three years before…

“Stop,” she instructed the band midway through the first verse. Either they weren’t playing to her tempo or she wasn’t singing to theirs, but the music that blared from the…

For as long as she could remember, strangers had approached her in restaurants, movie theaters, grocery stores, even at school functions, just to tell her how blessed she was to…

The trip took three hours and most of the scenery was barren land and an occasional shrub. I can’t explain why I agreed to drive. It may have even been…

She hadn’t intended to visit her father but her plans changed when his doctor called: If you want to say goodbye to your dad, today’s the day. She prayed God…

I didn’t see her at the wedding ceremony. And yes, I did look—as inconspicuously as possible. I told myself she couldn’t bear to witness me renew vows with my wife…