Crime Fiction by Matthew Snyderman It wasn’t until he’d decided to kill himself that Joel Barkley gained the relief meds and booze had failed to provide. Fading fast was the guilt for having laid off the employees at his floundering art gallery. Ditto the night sweats over his landlord’s increasingly loud threats to put hisContinue reading “Charon 2.0”
Category Archives: Flash Fiction
A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses
Flash Fiction by Marcelo Medone My neighbor is very kind. Her name is Dorothy. She is sixty years old and could be my mother. I know all her movements and her quirks, because she is a very methodical old lady and hardly ever leaves her apartment. She doesn’t even have a dog to take forContinue reading “A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses”
Demolition
Flash Fiction by Steve Saulsbury Stanley told me about doing the demolition, as a charity project. To the community, as a way of healing. Unusual, yes, but the house stood as a reminder of what had happened. “Very heartbreaking,” Stanley barked, stepping up onto his excavator. Winter weather hadn’t deterred a small crowd from gathering.Continue reading “Demolition”
Con! Kidnap! Kill?
Flash Fiction by Simon Nadel She told me the plan was simple and straightforward, but with Phyllis Walters, or Phil as she likes to be called, nothing is ever simple or straightforward. It’s on me that I still went along with it. We’d met Eric at a club downtown. He was taking it easy afterContinue reading “Con! Kidnap! Kill?”
Possessed
Flash Fiction by Ferdi Wheeler Jack Weir is not in jail, or dead. He hides in the moonlight in my garden, of that I am sure. I can discern his figure where he stands pressed against the trunk of the pine tree. I am looking through a slit in the curtains in my sitting room.Continue reading “Possessed”
When The Fun Stops, Stop
Flash Fiction by Jason Smith The moon shone brightly in the clear night sky, lighting up the area around the yellow colored cab. As he stumbled through the driver’s door he felt the blood spilling out of his neck and between his fingers. He stumbled for a while, feeling dizzy and lightheaded before collapsing toContinue reading “When The Fun Stops, Stop”
The Switch
Flash Fiction by Steven James Foreman *** Abdul bin Khaled Abdul bin Khaled, landed at Heathrow Airport, eased through Passport Control, and quickly grabbed his brown, non-descript suitcase from the slowly rotating carousel. When he passed through the green, ‘Nothing to Declare’ exit, he found it a pleasant change not to be pulled to one sideContinue reading “The Switch”
The Naked Car Thief
Crime Fiction by Roy Dorman He could have swerved around her rather than stopping, but he didn’t. And that started a weird chain of events. Artie Miller had been driving on State Street in Downtown Chicago. It was a beautiful summer night and a few people were still out walking at two in the morning.Continue reading “The Naked Car Thief”
Heart Of A Stallion
Flash Fiction by Scott Macleod “62-year-old presenting with severe angina.” The nurse introduced Merle not by name but by barking his age and symptoms. “What’s your pain level Mr. Mattis?” Addressing him now, reading his name off a chart, was a tall, handsome doctor about Merle’s age but significantly better preserved. Name tag read Dr.Continue reading “Heart Of A Stallion”
What The Dead Know
Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon “You can’t keep any secrets from the dead. They know everything, they see everything. Past, present, future—it’s all the same to them.” Mikinos lit his clove cigarette, took a deep drag, then blew out a cloud of pale gray smoke. Carlyle, seated across the red silk scarf covered table fromContinue reading “What The Dead Know”