Archive for category FREE Fiction

#flashfiction #steampunk Once upon a time there was a lonely man who lived in a small, run down house in the mountains. The man had been alone for many years. Once he had thought he would marry the most beautiful woman in his village but she was wooed away from him by the eldest son […]

#flashfiction The Cadillac skidded on the wet road, bucking like an untamed horse as it encountered deep puddles. Frank fought the steering wheel left and then right, frantic to regain control. Marcia’s screams from the passenger seat were not helping him focus on the task at hand. A rogue dry patch of road grabbed a […]

#flashfiction “I repeat,” the announcer’s voice crackled from the tiny transistor radio. “This is direct from the Acting President, the last zombie mass has been destroyed. The United States is now officially free of the zombie menace.” “Did you hear that honey?” Francine turned in her chair to look at her husband on the far […]

A story in 6 sentences – these are the kind of things that pop into my head while commuting to my day job.   My girlfriend left me for Jesus. She said he was nicer than me. She said he was better looking than me. She said he was sexier than me. She said a […]

#flashfiction “Willy, it’s time for school,” Margaret shouted up the stairs. “You don’t want to miss your first day.” Margaret smiled wistfully. She remembered her own first day of school, many years ago. Mother and Father had made sure her uniform was perfect and that her lunch was her favorite; everything was as perfect as […]

Kimi returned to wakefulness like Sisyphus pushing the boulder up the hill, slowly, painfully, and unwillingly. She dreaded the moments when she first woke up. Her eyelids opened allowing light to return to her world and she focused on the ceiling as hard as she could. The bare white surface was one of the few […]