by Cherise Papa | Jun 12, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal, Romance
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.” She stared at her wedding photo, taking note of her husband....
by Cherise Papa | May 29, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Horror
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...
by Cherise Papa | Apr 24, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
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. There’s always something stronger,...
by Cherise Papa | Apr 10, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
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. Rain drizzles, and my coat and hat are soaked and soggy by the time I finish the...
by Cherise Papa | Mar 6, 2024 | 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...
