Category Archives: Flash Fiction

“Glitch” by Mark Cole “I can’t type,” the robot explained patiently. “But that was supposed to be your primary function,” Roger Blevins told it, a thin nervous edge in his voice. “Typing letters for elegant people who want to give … Continue reading →

“To See Sarah” by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks Angela’s ex had not yet left Earth, but he had left humanity. That’s what she thought as she sipped green tea and stared over the cup’s rim at the strange man on her couch. … Continue reading →

“Daft Old Man” by Pam L. Wallace The old man smelled of honeysuckle and ancient woodlands, and spoke in a querulous singsong. “Chime-child, eh?” He pinned Collum with his rheumy eyes. Collum shrank from crooked fingers grabbing for his homespun … Continue reading →

“Ixtab Takes a Day Off” by Jennifer Dornan-Fish Being the goddess of suicide is a total shit job. I see the threads of fate and it’s my job to prune those fuckers, cut them off at those delicate junction points … Continue reading →

“Peaches in the Breeze” by Siobhan Gallagher If she kills the man with the red-jeweled hand, they might all go free. The snakes in her hair whisper hope, never promises. Yet… Freedom. She mouths the word, imagines the taste of … Continue reading →

“The Agreement” by Mari Ness   We have come to an agreement, his ghost wife and I. She may have him—and , I suppose, he her— one night of the moon: the new moon, when all is dark and the … Continue reading →

“RE: The Dark One, In Case It Should Arise from Its Horrible Abyss” by Luc Reid   Thank you for standing in for me during my temporary leave. I know it’s not a duty you’d take on if you had … Continue reading →

“The Clockwork Swan”  by Emily Graham There is draughty house of forgotten treasures in a dusty corner of England which was once the playground of a queen. When she was little, that girl who would become a queen would run … Continue reading →