flash fiction
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Dragon
98 words | Fantasy | Flash Fiction She rose, wreathed and crowned in flame. The earth spread out below her, blue and green and misty white. Jagged tooth-edged shadows rose in the distance, and beyond them, the glory of the sun rising, molten gold and garnet. Powerful wings thrust her higher yet, and all the… Read more
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Slice
156 words | Horror | CONTENT WARNING “Put that damn thing down. Are you a fucking girl?” -slice- “Puking bleeding hearts just want to take away what’s yours.” -slice- “But, you can only have so much compassion for those people. Eventually, they’re just trying to get one up on you.” -slice- “You gonna suck dick, boy? You… Read more
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Mask
245 words | Flash Fiction | Horror Sirens wailed in the distance, coming closer. “What’s wrong with you?” I demanded. He stood there, glaring at me. “This is for your own good.” “My own good? What the fuck are you talking about?” He shrugged. “I mean, it’s down to genetics and evolution, isn’t it? Your… Read more
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200 Channels and Nothing Worth Watching
207 words | Satire -click- “Tonight on NOT JIMMY KIMMEL Live, we’ll sit down with the leader of the Eastern World, Vlad Putin, who’ll explain how he’s retained the Russian presidency for the last 40 years and how the US can do the same thing.” -click- “How do you confuse a liberal? You don’t. They’re… Read more
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The Fastest Human Alive
393 words | Flash Fiction | Horror | Satire Tom: Good afternoon, Chuck! Chuck: Hi, Tom! It’s great to be here in America First Arena for the 2040 Enhanced Games. A huge thanks to the President and First Lady for their continued support of this amazing event and for the use of the stadium. I… Read more
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The Kiss
399 words | Flash Fiction | Horror/Folk Horror The baby’s cry wakes me in the night. Not the I’m hungry, feed me, feed me, wails. These are different— high-pitched, almost frantic, and edged with something that might have been fear. Skrrrtch. Skkkkreeee. Skkkrrrr. (What’s that noise?) Heart pounding, mouth dry, bare feet slapping bare wood, I… Read more
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The Well
407 words | Horror | Flash Fiction “Don’t go down there, Bran!” Willa cried. “I’m the man of the house now, Ma said.” Bran shot back. Willa grabbed his arm, trying with all her strength to pull her brother back. If he went there, he’d be lost, like the rest of them. “The lights will… Read more
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The Lib
499 Words | Horror | Satire Chad hit the pause button on KILL ALL THE LIBS XIV. He could have sworn he’d heard something. Popping one ear cup off, he listened, but all he heard was the shhhh of the air purifier and the zzzt-glug of the water alkalizer. The tinny drone of the Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity… Read more