by Cherise Papa | Jul 25, 2025 | Flash Fiction, Horror
I’ve been pretty absent in the writing world the past few months. Work keeps me busy, a good kind of busy!, but health problems have limited what I do outside of it. Right now my kids are on summer break, and I’m trying to enjoy them as much as I can...
by Cherise Papa | Mar 26, 2025 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
My eyes snapped open to the darkness of my oversized coffin. The air tasted stale, cold. My arm was outstretched across cold sheets, an abandoned pillow. Jessica. My fingers grasped at the unlocked latch, the lid lifting to reveal an empty room. I stalked from...
by Cherise Papa | Jun 26, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Paranormal
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...
by Cherise Papa | May 8, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Horror, Paranormal
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...
by Cherise Papa | Mar 27, 2024 | Flash Fiction, Horror
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. “Show them how they make you feel.” “Make them feel it...
