“Unfruitful Works of Darkness” by Ly Faulk
FLASH FICTION: “Seeing the city isn’t necessary to know what is going down out there. Crime. He can smell it….”
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FLASH FICTION: “Seeing the city isn’t necessary to know what is going down out there. Crime. He can smell it….”
Read More “Unfruitful Works of Darkness” by Ly FaulkFLASH FICTION: “As she walked by, I tipped my glass and she winked at me. I watched her go, taking with her my fantasies….”
Read More “Red Lightning” by Ly FaulkFLASH FICTION: “A soft scraping sound…crepe soles brushing across the threshold…a silhouette appeared in the doorway. A glint of light reflected off blue steel in the hand hanging down by his side….”
Read More “Zocco Chico” by Kurt McGillFLASH FICTION: “There was always some bottom feeder trying to take what I built….”
Read More “Get Back Again” by M.T. WilliamsFLASH FICTION: “There had been a time when she was too squeamish to touch a spider, when she would cry at the sight of a dead bird, but not now….”
Read More “Resurrection” by Barbara Buckley RistineFLASH FICTION: “They know everything. I should leave town pronto….” –February 12
Read More “A Bleak 2020 Begins: from Status Update” by George TolesHe leaned across the seat and opened the door, watching every inch of her…. I. Bare trees clung to the snow-frosted hills around the ravine, and the girl who walked along the railroad tracks was tall and beautiful. She wore mirrored sunglasses, long coat, tall boots. An old surplus army bag swung on a leather […]
Read More “All You Need is a Gun and a Girl” by Jim Towns“I’ve kidnapped the high school girl with the dirty mouth, and she asks if she can share in the profits. Actually, I didn’t kidnap her. She came with me willingly” 1. I couldn’t find my migraine pills, couldn’t find the secret sauce, could not find the formula. My migraines were killing me, like communists kill […]
Read More “In the 19th Arrondissement” by Mitchell Grabois“My body is a situation, a dilemma. I haul it from place to place in this wheelchair. I am a dump truck of self.” 1. Back in the day, I heard that Mama Cass had died choking on a ham-and-cheese sandwich. In reality, eighty pounds lighter than she’d ever been, after two weeks of standing […]
Read More “The Dump Truck of Self” by Mitchell GraboisElla flounced from the theatre, her diamond earrings scattering angry slivers of red light down the deserted street. Not a cab in sight. Not at this hour; not in this part of town. He’d planned it that way. She stomped one glittery Louboutin against the curb and turned on the lanky man hovering at her […]
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