Flash Fiction
The Bakery is That Way: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
With a single hand, the traveler adjusted his long hair to ensure his pointed ears were covered. In his other hand, he cradled the last two bites of a pastry, delicate flakes clinging to his palm. Need to devour the remnants itched at the back of his throat, but he resisted. He needed them to find their creator.
It Won’t Suit Me: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
His cold hands ghosted over her bare shoulders as Elizabeth stared into the old mirror, only her reflection gazing back.
He Liked to Play with Words: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Shouting rumbled through the walls below, and the boy lazily stuck a bookmark into his comic book and tossed it on his bed. The shouting grew louder, and rushed footsteps ascended the stairs. One breath, two breaths. The boy’s bedroom door slammed open.
Green Should Have Been More Tranquil: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The splash of water falling from cliffs ahead cut through the eery silence. Jessica dragged Mark by the hand, both pushing through the ache burning in their calves. Cold air sliced at their lungs as their breaths quickened, and the green mountains before them never seemed to end.
The Wake Behind the Boat: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Moonlight sparkled on the cresting waves behind us as we sped across the dark lake, away from the smoke billowing in the forest depths. I pulled my legs to my chest, resting my chin on my knees as my hair turned into small whips against my face in the wind.
The Tattered Work Gloves: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Through a sliver of light sneaking in around old curtains, Joseph stared at the deserted workshop, taking in the scattered tools, toppled tables, and the tattered work gloves drenched in a pool of blood. Someone else found his target first.
I Wish I Could Tell You: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Jacob sat on the edge of the hospice bed, clinging to Marianne’s frail hand. A knife stabbed his heart with each of her frail breaths.
Sometimes You Have to Win by Cheating: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Joyful shouting echoed in the large community pool, strangers thrashing around Jefferson as he argued with his friends. They were setting up a favorite game “sharks and minnows”, and they wanted Jefferson to be the shark first. Except he loathed being the shark.
There’s an Art to Getting Your Way: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Purple magic rippled over the crowd as they swayed to the hard rhythm and demanding beat. Phones raised into the air tipped side to side, accompanied by drinks and empty hands, and when the vocalist opened his mouth, the crowd sang along to the lyrics. Each word was another trap, another chain wrapped around their soul and tying them to the demon drummer.
Dining on the Bridge: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Cars rumbled blow as Grim ran her fingers over the metal wires at the top of the suspension bridge. Each squeak of the tire or maddening honk was just another predictor that soon Grim’s stolen moment in time would soon be over.
She Ordered the Ghost: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The elderly woman swept through her small home, adjusting knickknacks here and straightening her old wedding photo one last time. “James, be sure to keep this place safe while I’m gone.”
People Die Hunting That Gemstone: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The dragon shifter dragged a clawed finger along her cheek, the tip pressing against her smooth skin. Her chest rose and fell as her breathing quickened, her pulse at her neck shuddering deliciously.
That Invader Understood Kindness: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Tendrils of smoke twisted from the carcasses of town buildings and broken bodies lay strewn through the streets, dried blood splattered everything else. The stench of death and explosives burned the approaching man’s nose, but he did nothing to escape it. Nor did he look away from the carnage before him. He couldn’t bear to dishonor them one last time.
That Must Be the Tenth Time I’ve Been Arrested: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The guard checks my anti-magic cuffs before shoving me into a dark cell I haven’t spent time in yet. With no window, the air is stagnant and ripe with memories of the last victim. But they don’t know I don’t need a window to escape.
Until He Understood That Meant He Couldn’t Eat: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The man next to me at the bar scanned the room, hunger marring his expression. I watched him with casual interest, unbothered as I tried to forget through my own drinks.
White Out Conditions Continued: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Claws scraped against the basement door at the bottom of the stairs, and a shiver rushed down Jesse’s spine as the angry thing below whined between each stroke. The hinges rattled harder, and whatever lay beyond picked up its desperate pacing. Jesse didn’t want to be here when it finally broke out.
You’re Unsure Whether Or Not to Trust Him: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
His breath skims my neck, its chill sending shivers down my spine. My heart pounds, my pulse thrumming beneath his deadly touch. Everything broken inside of me wants to give in, to accept the life he offers. One without pain, without suffering. Just pleasure and thrill until the sun eventually takes us together.
This is a Tale About Cruelty: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Death’s scythe caressed the man’s neck, and his ghost pleaded. His body was tied, dead, and abandoned in a ditch, retribution for the way he led his crew of thugs until a more powerful man user sought their revenge.
The Key to Hiding Your Identity: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Mella stares steadily at her aged mentor, biting her lip to keep unwanted anger and fear at bay so they don’t mess with the tingle of magic pooling in her eyes.
In The Hospital Again: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
There’s a niggling pull at my gut, that familiar sensation calling me to distress. I swallow my bite of sandwich and abandon the rest. I’ll eat after I settle the ghost.
I Don’t Obey Traffic Laws: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Wind whips through my hair, stinging my cheeks and bare arms, and I laugh as I clutch my dragon’s harness tighter. He swoops low, his belly nearly grazing the tops of cars below, earning us a cascade of furious honking.
It’s Time to Give Up: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Darkness with flickering colors–that’s what the back of my eyelids look like. The sight is comforting, familiar. I want nothing else, yet the voice that speaks to me says otherwise.
Caused the Entire Plane Anxiety: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Jessica circled the old plane, analyzing each dent and rust stain with a pretend critical eye. It didn’t matter what the state of the plane was, she just needed the junk to look like a plane. Well, and want to be a plane.
He Arrested the Nurse: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The cold breeze forced the partygoers closer to the raging bonfire, but Clara kept to the fringe, leaning against a barren tree as she identified as many Halloween costumes as she could over the rim of her foam cup. Holding her hands around the cup’s warmth wasn’t enough to distract her from the chill, but she couldn’t bring herself to mingle, either. She was beyond ready to go home.
Do They Find Me Heroic Yet?: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The young man takes another lashing, protecting in the only way he knows how. His brother caught cheating a game for coin because his belly hurt. Before it was his sister in trouble for stealing food and wood. Over and over again, more pain, more punishment. The young man bears it willingly.
She Was Disgusted He Couldn’t Tell the Difference: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Salla closed her eyes as she pushed through the torture in her fingers and played the first note, pulling her bow across the strings as carefully as the quiver in her body allowed. She focused on the music, ignoring the ache thrumming in her body and the dragon shifter’s laughter deep within the dark cavern before her. She only had moments to impress him before he snapped her in half.
The Fence Was Confused: A Wednesday Words Flach Fiction
The fence was confused. It only had one job: to keep things in. It had been great at its job, too. Decades of keeping pets and children safe in its confines. But how did it keep something in that had no substance?
She Kept Her Eyes Closed: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Story 1 – Wind ripped through my hair as I stood at the edge, my eyes closed. My toes curled in the dirt.
Story 2 – I closed my eyes as they dropped the first shovelful of dirt into the hole before me.
I Used to Practice Weaving: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
“I think you should sit down,” she says, her voice raspy as she struggles to breathe.
Not one to deny my grandma, I scramble into the seat next to her and grip her frail, shaking hand. Her touch is cold, as if her heart no longer has the strength to pump. I rub her stiff fingers, trying to give her my heat.
Everything Written in Purple Ink: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
My journal shakes in my hands, tears at the corners of my eyes blurring my vision. My pencil bag is emptied on the grass, colorful gel pens spread around me. I don’t even remember dumping them. I don’t remember collapsing at the park either. I’m just here, staring, drowning in a swirl of emotions battling inside me.
The View from the Lighthouse: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Waves crested in the dark ocean, revealed only by their deep sound. I watched the fog from the safety of the lighthouse, my eyes wide, searching.
Power was growing in the ocean. Goosebumps spread across my skin beneath my thick clothing, and I tightened the blanket around my shoulders. A soft wail carried over the waves, a siren pleading into the night, desperate for the lost.
They Imprisoned the Sacred One: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I open the jail cell and slip inside, only minutes left before the guards return. My target hangs naked in chains against the wall, skin ripped from his wrists and ankles. Darkness surrounds his unconscious body as it endures what his mind cannot.
I Always Want To Be: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Moans pierce the quiet battlefield as I step into the smoldering clearing. Each sound cuts through my heart and wilts the magic tensing in my veins. Compulsion pushes me forward, my magical servitude requiring exact obedience.
She Didn’t Read It: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Kristi lit the last candle around the painted rune in the forest dirt. Moon and starlight streamed between sparse trees, and she felt rather naked despite her ceremonial black robes. She wouldn’t mind a dark cloud or two to help set the mood, but the full moon waited for no one.
December Wednesday Words
With a sizzle, Bella appeared in a dark void. Cursing slipped from her lips and she closed her eyes, trying to focus on the connection to her body. She hadn’t meant to send her spirit into this version of beyond, but it was too late now to regret her mistake.
November Wednesday Words
Water crashed below into the tumultuous river as the soul hovered over the edge, a silver wisp lost in hesitation.
October Wednesday Words
I failed hard getting these uploaded regularly, so I’m posting them in one big bunch. I hope you enjoy my stories!
Octboer Day 13 Challenges
Happy Friday the 13th! I wrote one 50 word flash fiction with both prompts in it this time for Fyretober and Writetober. Enjoy! Prompt List
My Life Isn’t As Glamorous As My Wanted Poster Makes It Look: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I flop onto my sore back on the wet grass, no longer caring how much mud I’m soaking into my clothing. A teal blue dragon sprawls next to me, smoke tendrils slipping from its maw happily as it naps by my side.
She’d Buried The Memory: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Moonlight sparkled on the yarn and feather dream catcher waving near the window, and Cassie couldn’t resist the pull the catcher had over her. She floated in on shadow and moonlight, her essence swirling around the child tucked deep in troubled sleep.
October Day 4 Challenges
I wrote one 50 word flash fiction with both prompts in it this time for Fyretober and Writetober.
October Day 3 Challenges
The following are the fiction pieces I wrote for Fyretober and Writetober for the day two prompts!
October Day 2 Challenges
The following are the fiction pieces I wrote for Fyretober and Writetober prompts!
Is That A Challenge: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The tide crashes against the beach as I sink my toes deep into the cool sand. Warm water rushes my ankles, whipping against me then tugging as it recedes back into the ocean. I grit my teeth and dig deeper into the sand.
So Far, It Had Cropped Up in Five Different Towns: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I stare at the strange black hole in the center of the sidewalk, trying to decide if I should kick a rock into it, or maybe poke it with a stick from the fragile tree several paces away.
Under the ledge where he sat: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
This, this was much better. The breeze calmed as the boy kicked his feet over the ledge and relaxed into the fall leaf-covered bench.
People Said She Was Just A Librarian: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Bella ran her fingers along the leafy branches and vines twisting around tall stone pillars, admiring between ragged breaths how they sprawled, even encasing the walls of the hidden building tucked deep in the gloomy forest. She wouldn’t have noticed it if she hadn’t been so desperate to find shelter, away from her angry brother.
The Scent of Lavender Was Overwhelming: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Small flowers poked through the morning mists, dotting the gray and muted greens. I reached toward them, twisting my fingers, running harder to catch them, but they still remained too far. Each step forward pushed them deeper into the magic I wasn’t allowed to partake, allowed to gather and wield.
She Put a Bet on My Buddies: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I glared down my arm into her furious eyes. She strained against my hand pressed into her mouth, but I kept her pegged to the ground, my knees and other arm keeping her arms and legs from throwing me off.
My Book Fell Into His Hands: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I slide along the bookshelves as I follow the pull inside my gut. A name is calling to me, urgency in every throb of the pull. The magic of the universe stops me, and my arm shakes as I reach forward, my hand guided to a soft lavender cover.
For I Am The One With All The Stories: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Music captivated the crowd despite the bard setting her lyre down. Her singing cut through the roaring bonfire and the ocean splashing against the cliffside below, each word lulling her listeners into her magic.
As A Child He’d Been Told: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Never go out at night. Lock the doors. Shut and board the windows. Rub garlic along the door frames and windows. Wear the sacred cross at all times.
2021 Twitter Microfiction
I decided to dig through my Twitter archives and find all my old microfiction. Then I remembered that 2021 was a really hard year. So enjoy the few I wrote back then! Anyways, compared to my flash and micro now, I think I’ve improved a lot!
I’m Not Really Surprised that You Murdered Him: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Purple mist edged into the blackness of my vision, creeping in until it swirled around me and tickled my whiskers. So this is what death was like. I’d never been particularly fussed about the afterlife; you live, you die, you always fall back on your feet. Nine lives and all that.
His Only Way Out: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Lucas rubbed the back of his neck as he stared at the blank document, interrupted only by a notification box in the bottom corner with a stream of messages from his editor. The manuscript was six months past due, and he still didn’t know how to write book two.
And Now the Universe is Speaking: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Lila turned up the static on her headgear, tipped her head back in her seat, and closed her eyes, desperate for a quick nap. She had about…twenty minutes before her commander called in her troop for the next patrol. Maybe.
A Song That Enchants The Heart: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
“Please, let me stay longer,” a boy begged his stern aunt. She pursed her lips, glancing at the last straggler to leave the cemetery. Mist curled in from the lake beyond the winter barren trees, and shadows extended from each tombstone as the sunk sank too close to the horizon.
She Survived By Hiding My Asylum: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Dozens of lifeless spindly trees twisted out from the murky water. A deep mist blurred the thinnest of branches and calmed the voices.
His Foot Slipped: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Mist clung to the forest’s naked branches as we dashed through tall tree trunks, desperate to find any kind of cover.
I Saw A Boy With A Hat: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I watched the parade safely tucked away in my shop through nearly-closed drapes. The doors were shut tight, my gas lamp burning so low I could barely see my plants and wares.
A Lady Was Getting Married: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction Part 2
I, Jeremy, sat stiff on a satin pillow as I licked my elegant paw. Every strand of black fur needed to be in place, sleek and soft, despite the sun’s heat.
A Lady Was Getting Married: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction Part 1
Juliette picked at the black petunias in her lap, rolling the velvet petals in her fingers before dropping them onto her voluminous lace skirts and the marble floor. Beyond the small window, dark clouds rolled through the sky, casting the outside forest-themed wedding into deep shadows.
She Had Never Dealt with an Experiment Gone Haywire Before: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Six decomposing bodies danced on the cement slabs Amelia stored them on. Their arms swayed disjointedly to the symphonic soundtrack playing from her computer speakers, and their hips tried to sway back and forth but failed miserably.
He Just Happened to Walk Down Her Street: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
It wasn’t her fault… he just happened to walk down her street during the full moon.
Now, in the first light of dawn, he was a pile of bleeding flesh and torn muscle, bite marks apparent on his body.
A Fleck of Paint Broke Free: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I stood at the top of the decayed stairs as I watched the man below invade my home. Making him leave would be so, so easy.
She Was Certain She Was Going To Hell: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Sena trailed her fingers along the dirt walls as she wandered through the dark passageway. Clumped dirt crumbled beneath her touch, falling onto her boots. There were no plant vines sticking from the dirt, no rocks to stumble on. The air was hot and humid.
Family Ties: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I pulled my jacket tighter as I stared at their gravestones. Chiseled marble, with colored pictures of their elderly smiles. A third, smaller one was tucked in at the side.
Child Bait: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Jessy pinched her nose but still couldn’t escape the spoiled meat smell wafting from the pack on her back. She stood at the threshold of her front door, a gray-green night threatening storms, threatening dragons, and it was her night to run through the town as bait.
My Eyebot: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Mother hates her. She also hated the idea of a seeing eye dog and its fur and drool and poop. I even offered to clean it up, but mother just scoffed at me. She said charging batteries and oiling gears is much better—well just better.
The Vanished Brother: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I used to have a brother, you know. We were close, growing together and sharing our excitement for our futures. Everything was going to be perfect. Well, until I ate him.
The Space Dragon Tourist: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I stretched my wings as I soared toward the hottest destination for sightseeing in this galaxy: the only planet to host life around here. I couldn’t wait to peak into its atmosphere, but first I needed to deal with the indigestion from swallowing an asteroid from the belt I just passed through.
Fear’s Painting: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
When her father was drunk, she painted the walls. Green for when he fell asleep quickly, snores floating from the living room. Blue for when he sobbed, calling out names she never recognized. Red for when he raged and raged and sent her hiding under her bed.
The Room of Mirrors: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Mismatched mirrors covered the dilapidated shed’s walls, each with a face trapped within its frame. Detective Thomas’ insides squirmed, his flashlight illuminating mirrors even on the ceiling.
The Typical Bard: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
“Do you need help with anything else?” the barmaid asked as she dressed, her breathing panicked as screams echoed outside of the tavern.
Lolak finished tying his belt. “I’ve got my goblet and my flute. Don’t think I need anything else. Catch you next time.”
A Siren’s Truth: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
In a single pass through the waterfall of truth, everything fell away. The lies, the guilt and hesitations, the scales the siren hid behind. She tried to cover her face with her dark webbed fingers, but the sailor carefully pulled them away.
A Child’s Survival: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
She lit the final candle, muttering the last words of command. A breeze whipped through the shed, nearly putting out the candles, and a swirl of dust formed inside the summoning circle.
“Please, help me find a way to stay alive!” the girl begged, trying to sound stern in her command.
A New Power: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
This age of laughing and peace ended when the boy found his power. It grew within him, burning his veins until he could no longer control it. Fire spread from his body, spreading to those around him. Read more….
The First Picture: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
With his tintype camera hidden beneath his robes, Michael set down his green lantern and touched the scorched bark of a tree. Of course no one had found the dragon yet—they kept scaring it off.
Concert Rituals: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I wake tied to a couple of amps smashed together like a bad joke of a table. My vision is fuzzy, but the pressure against my back is unmistakable.
The Dragon of Stars: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Amanda stared at the stars as her mentor adjusted the massive telescope. The night was clear, dotted by stars city lights always stole from her. She could stare at them forever…. Not.
The Serial Killer’s Victim: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
“You know,” Jason whispers, eyes wide as the woman before him lays a plastic tarp on the ground in front of his tied feet, “you don’t have to kill me.”
The Time Traveler: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
“You know I’m not supposed to be here,” my future self says as she checks out the flashing red and blue lights in the rearview mirror.
A Coming of Wings: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
She was thirteen when she decided to fly. Feathers sprouted from her arms and she took to the sky. Winds carried her, and the summer’s sun warmed her back. Finally she was free.
A Mirror’s Relief: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I’m crying in the shower instead of soaping and getting ready for my therapy appointment. It’s all too much. The memories too heavy.
The Vampire’s Becoming: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
My unfamiliar fangs split through my gums as I wander—seeking relief—in an endless line of parked cars. Distant music thrums through the air, speakers blasting and crackling.
Midnight Playtime: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The fire alarm blares as cold water splashes my face. Well, at least the indoor rain is finally working. It took me too many midnight fires to perfect that spell. Now to find a way to prevent the hatchlings from lighting things on fire in the first place… I slowly...
Ghost Glass: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
I watch my dim reflection in the window shift continuously, wrinkles blinking in and out around my eyes. Laugh lines longer than my own but look familiar.
The Protector of the Last Egg: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The front door was ajar, and Milo clambered inside, searching for the egg. Distant chanting filled the brisk night air beyond his workshop, a warning that the mages knew of the dragon’s existence and craved its power.
The River of Time: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Gracie rushed after the single gondola as a shadow of a man hefted the long rowing oar from the river of time. It arced over the gondola, water drops shimmering against the background oranges of fall.
Death’s Mission: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
When people see us together, it means I’m at work, fulfilling a deceased’s final wish.
The Guardian’s Apprentice: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Power builds in the air around me as sparks cut through the blue sky and the weakening barrier.
“Get home while you still can, son,” Dad shouts, his robes swirling in the barrier’s winds.
The Volcano’s Gift: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Someone once told me that when the night sky is filled with fire, dragons will return.
Station of Judgment: a Wednesday Words Flash Flash Fiction
Dreag steadied itself as the train horn tried to blast him backward. A few other of the newer spirit staff weren’t so practicied, and they tumbled backward.
The Final Battle: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
It was the final test, the last battle of mages. Only three remained in the free for all in the forest glade, and the last mage standing would be granted the title Mage Master.
A Dog’s Human: A Wednesday Words Flash Ficiton
Molly leans over in her wheelchair and ruffles my head. Her fingers linger in my fur as she blinks back tears. I whine and press my wet nose into her neck, making her laugh-sob.
One of Molly’s grown pups pats her shoulder, and my ears twitch. “Mom, it’s time. Your things are loaded in the truck.”
The Dragon and the Bard: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Chaz’s hand dropped from the lyre strings as he watched his best friend get roasted by a column of fire. They were supposed to be defeating the dragon and bringing its head back for glory and fame.
A Captain’s Duty: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
Sirens screeched as Jeremy tried to see through the hot steam filling the small engine room. If he didn’t get the engine under control, the blimp would crash.
“Let me,” his grizzly captain growled, the steel edge of a wrench digging into Jeremy’s wrist.
Dragon Microfiction Series
I once had the brilliant idea to turn Twitter’s microfiction prompts into a series about a dragon. This is the result.
The Halloween Surprise: A Wednesday Words Flash Fiction
The Halloween Surprise: I inch open my front door, weakly offering my plastic cauldron of chocolate to the toothy grins on my spiderweb-decorated porch.