Today is Christi Floss’ Birthday and what follows is my gift (55 words of Flash Fiction) to her. Christi is a free spirited poet who owns Getting It Right where she unknowingly published one poem in particular, Breathing You, that …pinned me for reasons some of you may guess, and fewer will know. Happiest...
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“REBELLION” 2200 A.D. Journal entry 2210 A.D. …… My days are numbered. I’ve come to realize this. Unless help arrives soon, I fear all is lost…… The year is 2210 and our planet is at war.. A war started by a Past president resurrected by science controlled by evil. There are a few chosen...
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Happy Birthday to one of the best Twitter pals out there. Mary (@NanaMary05) is a retired Navy Nurse who didn’t check her heart with the service- she is golden and ROCKS! Mary- enjoy this 55 word flash fiction story and enjoy the day! Under the din of the O.C., Karen leaned in, “The blood,...
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Happy Birthday, @jkewell! Kacy is one of my closest Twitter friends, so I wrote this flash fiction piece as my gift to her… Lost, floating, bobbing, and bouncing- off of elbows, knees, and… what the heck was THAT? He wanted to cry out, “I want my mommy!” But all he could do was squeak....
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Twice Missed is the first piece of flash fiction I have written in a couple of weeks. This one was influenced by a string of Philip K. Dick tales I recently read.Felt good to saddle up once again… A rainy night in late March, the Appalachian Mountains, a shallow and dank cave, Harry and...
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If We Kissed….. The moment they had waited for had finally arrived Crossing the next plane as their love thrived Her eyes met his and his met hers Broadening smiles as blood began to stir A slight movement and his hand touched her skin Electrifying her flesh and her desire within They ease their...
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Letter to a Lover My Dearest Love, I awoke to the sound of nothing, but yet all I could hear was the soft lilt of your voice, and the steady beat of your heart. Your drumming heartbeats drill life into this lifeless corpse of a shell when you are not with me. I am...
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This 55 word flash fiction piece is my birthday gift to Christa Rucker (@PhyreAcid) on twitter.  Just because we foster patterns and make them thrive, we are not beholden to them; especially when forcing pieces so they conform to the puzzle nets disaster.  Enjoy! She was broken, lying at the bottom of a deep...
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Like , this piece of flash fiction was rejected for publication at one site. Of course I love this tale, but I can’t expect everyone to see it as I do. The three editors who commented on it all said the same thing, that it begs to be expanded, which I find uncanny because...
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In this flash fiction piece I weave a tale of eventually paying the piper in currency inked with terror… Beams of moonlight filtered in from the mostly cloaked windows and pierced her as she sat in the dark room, bound, gagged, and terrified. The wooden chair was cold against her thighs and the dirty...
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This flash fiction submission explores the probability that no matter how good, or how lucky we are, we still need a little help… Every landing you walk away from is a good one,  Sam thought to himself as he limped away from the now burning Jenny. He didn’t even look back at the plane...
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Cracked Mirror was my first ever submission to the flash fiction site, Every Day Fiction. Unfortunately the story was rejected, and I would have to agree with the reasons why. I wondered when I put the fork in it if I should have held onto this one and turned into a longer piece. Oh...
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This 55 word flash fiction piece is dedicated to one of my dearest Twitter friends, @mamatreelee, on her birthday. Happy Birthday, Theresa! She lost track of time. The warm sun, rhythmic wind and beach sand had much to do with that. The water, crystal blue as the sky, was always the right cure. Just...
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A little Friday night flash fiction piece that speaks to those of us who live, and maybe die, by lists… “…rage, passion, self-defense, for the hell of it, sport, and last but not least, to end it all!” Tommy penned the last words just before he looked up to see the door splinter. The...
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This was my entry for the Women On Writing Flash Fiction Contest for the Summer of 2010 Quarter. Although my entry didn’t make the honorable mention list,  it did beat out two thirds of the submissions for the contest. I asked for an editorial assessment when I submitted for the contest and was actually...
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He used to write of horror, but now his pen was full of grief. As the tears of ink hit the page, he paused, staring ahead. He recounted that day. The words on the page could never do justice to what was on his mind. He used to write of horror. Maybe he still...
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She exhaled. Her final breath. A new life was beginning. Her eyes opened, a white light blinding her momentarily. She blinked, trying to focus. Sitting up, she looked inquisitively. This was not her body. She no longer felt pain. In the distance: movement. Faces she recognized. Her father, brother and niece were welcoming her...
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This is my 55 word flash fiction tribute to our recently fallen Angel… “Quit your sobbing,” the tinny voice rattled from the desktop intercom. A sniffling voice, “We can’t, Charlie. She’s gone.” “She may be gone, but she left you a charge. Each one of you has her twinkle in your eye. She will...
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I was there the Easter Sunday when Moose McCloud walked into the Holy Redeemer Blessed Church of the Pentecost.  The congregation had just started the first hymn when the turbulent rumble of a motorcycle pulled into the parking lot.  The noise effectively drowned out the chorus – “My sins were washed away and my...
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Author Mickey Mills gives us a look at a time yet to come and a mysterious find  in this 55 word flash fiction piece… Starpilots land on a desolate world. Gritty red dust clings to their spacesuits. Janus VII curiously inspects the site. “This must be an altar from an ancient civilization. See how...
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