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...
by Cherise Papa | Jan 26, 2023 | Flash Fiction, Horror
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. I don’t remember how I got here, just flashes of standing in line outside the venue hall, eager to see my favorite band...
