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brother, court, family, flash fiction, football, Jack Fisher, match, short stories, short story, writing Alison zips her jacket up to her neck. She looks down at her daughter beside her, wishing she had insisted on a coat. Lucy is as stubborn as she…

There's blood on Dee's jacket. Dee reckons Bobby knows where he took the dog. "I buried him after." "I didn't want him to go. But you took him. Now you're sayin you think I wouldn't wanna say goodbye to my fuckin dog?" via Pocket

Despite the cold, the girl wore little. She paced the pavement outside the drug store in a pair of denim cut-offs and a too-small white tank top that showed off the tops and sides of her red bra. A Day of the Dead skull tattoo covered her left shoul…

crime, father, flash fiction, party, Paul Heatley, punishment, rape, short stories, short story, writing Jordan Naylor raped me. via Pocket

beard, family, father, flash, flash fiction, Justin Deming, loss, micro fiction, relationships, short stories, short story, tears, Thanksgiving, vss, wife It had been a while since he'd shaved. Years, in fact. via Pocket

chemistry, cliché, flash, flash fiction, Man, micro fiction, Paul Thompson, relationships, short stories, short story, speed dating, vss, woman The next lady has so many questions. She reads them from a notepad, in perfect handwriting that could be …

age, family, flash, flash fiction, freedom, life, Lora Kilpatrick, micro fiction, rage, relationships, short stories, short story, vss The coffee pot slips from his hand and hits the tile in a million tiny pieces of it's all your fault. via Pocket

Christine Baerbock, drink, flash, flash fiction, Man, micro fiction, relationships, short stories, short story, vss, whiskey I had a man and he was good. I liked the way he peeled dollars from his money clip for my whiskey thirst. His jaw clenched a…

flash, flash fiction, geology, horror, Mark Cooper, mystery, radiation, sci-fi, shadow, short stories, short story There's only me left now - I'm pretty much sure of that. I'm not entirely sure why I'm doing this - for posterity's sake, maybe? A war…

After a few drinks, someone in the clubhouse will always bring up Bo. They wax nostalgic about him, about the good-ol'-days. Inevitably, they wonder where he's gone. No one knows. via Pocket

When the dog dies, she doesn't know she is dying. You shouldn't feel sorry for her. To her, life lasts forever.  Infants and dogs recognize the flow of time, but not their presence in it. via Pocket

Ada had heard that tone before, the horror of a newly assigned doctor witnessing the Leak for the first time. She waited for the novice's breath to settle. via Pocket