Daily Flash Fiction Stories
By Thomas Underwood
You’d be surprised how easy it is jack-knife a lorry. Just the right wind speed, or a distraction, or a long day at work. At least, that’s what the police report said. How the driver had been “tired” and “on his last delivery”. Rubbish. I don’t give a damn how tired he was. Tiredness is not an excuse for…. for what he did…. God…. I still can’t quite grasp it. [Read more…] about Jack-Knife
By Steve Downes
“Hello friend,” spoke the soft voice of the old man. It was a barely audible sound over the rattle and squeal of an arriving Tube train. Angel Street Station was busy even for the usual rush hour morning and a forest of legs, garbed in suit pants, skirts and workman’s jeans marched by. The noise each footfall made on the tiled floor was like an inharmonious drumbeat, its constant rhythm echoed as if a great Biblical storm was hailing down on a tin roof. Occasionally the Tannoy system would blare out across the background din with a harsh high voice like a knife cutting into the earlobes, the words spoken were incomprehensible from low down, seated on the ground in a niche in the platform wall as he was.
[Read more…] about Odysseus
By Chelsea Clemmons
“I’m looking for my wife, Marlene Bell. Is there any chance of you being able to tell me whether she’s here?”
The desk attendant stared at the frazzled man for a long moment, blew a bubble of gum, and popped it. “She checked out last night.”
“Do you know where she went?”
“Why the heck would I know? It’s not like we were best friends or anything. She was a guest here.”
The man rested his elbows on the counter and cradled his face in his hands. “You don’t understand—it’s very important that I find her. She’s unstable, confused, and she could be endangering herself or others.”
[Read more…] about Marlene
By Tim Kimbirk
“Wake up, John.”
The world turned bright as John opened his eyes. He was on his back, but was standing before he even
realized he had gotten up. The room was unfamiliar, and as his eyes returned to normal he made out the
figure of what appeared to be a very tall man standing before him.
“Where am I?” he asked.
[Read more…] about The Promotion
By Chloe McDonald
The sound of dripping water, infiltrating the stifled murk of unconsciousness, began the ascent to awareness.
A herd of overweight, iron-shod, elephants was tap-dancing a ragged routine in his head, long before the scent of mildewed decay, hovering delicately above the stink of stagnant water, finally dragged him into the arena of wakefulness.
Groaning, cold to the marrow, but dreading sudden movement, he steeled himself, and tried to change his position. [Read more…] about Not Totally Convincing?
By Sai Marie Johnson
“Wake up!” Nicole cried in my ear.
“What?” I asked easing myself and wiping at my sleepy eyes.
“Guess what I heard?” Nicole said grinning.
“What time is it?” I asked her without paying much mind to her question.
“Ugh, Kasey why does that matter? I asked you to guess what I heard. It’s two in the morning.” Nicole huffed. I quirked my eyebrow, and looked back at her blankly.
“Why are you waking me up at two in the morning to guess what the hell you heard?” I asked her.
“You know Heather Nolte, right?” Nicole asked me. I shrugged. Of course I knew who Heather was.
“Yeah, what about her?” I asked.
[Read more…] about Just a Little Fib
By Kenny Kimberly
I’m not exactly overflowing with spare time over here, so I’ll try to make this quick. Recently, I noticed a girl from my classes around the campus. She’d be at another table at the cafeteria, another computer in the library, across the room in class, all that.
I never thought much of it. After all, why would it be strange to see a classmate around campus?
Then, I started to see her a few other places. The supermarket, the restaurant where I work, the park where I walk my dogs, and a few other places. That was a bit strange. I don’t normally see people around, as I live in a rather large city. Running into someone is a bit happenstance around here, as you see so many people and life goes so fast that you just miss each other.
[Read more…] about Stockholm