Short Stories & Flash Fiction

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It’s Not Me, It’s You

What happens when you’ve been in a relationship so long that one partner no longer views intimacy as an option?

A tumultuous relationship between a mother and her teenage daughter hits a new low.

A murderous afternoon in the kitchen. Joanna is waiting for her husband’s return, but her warm welcome takes a deadly twist.

Nine years after being thrown from her Thoroughbred Lily, Mia is determined to start riding again.

She is awoken from a deep sleep, paralyzed with fear. There is something lurking in the forest outside her window.

I’m currently sitting at my computer. My fidgeting is uncontrollable; the scratchy fabric on my swivel chair is irritating the backs of my thighs.

After a battle with brain cancer, her father succumbs to his illness. She is left to deal with her grief in the aftermath.

A short, sweet romance story about missing someone you were once deeply in love with.

Milky stars punctuate the grease-black sky while constellations dance below the surface.

An ex-wife battles a guilty conscience after turning her kids against their father—but only after discovering a secret.

When I was eleven years old and in sixth grade, I climbed into the backseat of my mother’s Toyota Corolla after school.

It’s been almost two years since Isabel saw Marcus and his emerald eyes. Now he’s standing in front of her on the street in Paris.

Fed up with receiving one horrific gift after another, Jodie attempts to change the way her birthday is celebrated.

Apron strings. Controlling and relentless, irritating my neck with their cheap fabrics and frayed seams.

Knowing you’re with her causes a violent reaction inside me. Thankfully I have enough self control not to allow the violence to escape.

As Olive León stared across the checkered table cloth at her date, she wondered how she could have ever been paired with such a vile human being.