Flash Fiction

by Adam Jeffries Schwartz

Chicken or Fish

You're sitting in your chair looking at the rain when she asks,
"Chicken or fish?" Read more.

What They Did That Winter

by Richard Grayson

On December 21, 1972, at 11:48 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, the sun entered the sign of Capricorn and winter began in the Northern Hemisphere. Read more.

From the Mouths of Dragons

by Jolene Dawe

My defining moment?

It could have been graduating from college--the first person in my family to go all the way through undergrad. It could have been the day I got that job at the law firm in the city--I was just a lowly receptionist, but it was a cushy job. It could even have been the day Harold proposed to me--we'd been dating for five years and I couldn't wait to be his wife. Read more.

Up Down

by Mary Sanford

It was meant to be a quick run into the city. Estell had to meet with the paint guy to show him fabric swatches and an ocean-hued canvas painted by her late husband.The painting--he called it Zero--was given as a Valentine's Day gift to her fourteen years ago today. It was an abstract piece, done in acrylics--Eric didn't use anything else--a picture of two oval-shaped blobs stretched lengthwise, full frontal against a checkerboard background. Smoky greys and grey greens dominated it. Estell loved it and loved him for painting it for her. Read more.