Flash Fiction Sunday Edition

The combination of numbers and words as a means of portraying obsession is excellently executed. It’s maniacally charming and provokes you to read it again and again just to see how wonderful the two aid each other.

A very morbid and surreal nightmare in the works here. A dreaded sense of paranoia will sweep in and lock you away in the basement with the main character; only to be haunted by the voice of Daisy.

Here, is a playful, yet suspenseful little tale involving a game we are all familiar with. As I was reading this, I couldn’t help but feel as if I were going to be hanged as each guess of a letter sends wonderful sensations of fear and excitement. A beautiful use of imagery.

This is a story that brings heartache through a mesmerizing portrayal of what I feel is loss and depression. I sympathize with the character and feel cautious as well. There’s such a rich and deep layer to this story that I feel it allows one to interpret more than what’s given to them.

Whenever Daniel writes flash fiction I’m always left slightly disgruntled. Mostly because I wan’t to read more about the characters and their stories instead of them leaving such a fleeting but lasting impact on me.

A lovely little story about how a life can be changed by a moment and a question. This story left me with a smile at the end.

A sad and dark tale of how human emotions in some way affect machines incapable of emotion. G. V. Anderson does a great job at creating a dark and claustrophobic atmosphere.

Short and sweet, Robin has a great way of telling a deep story with very few words.

So much said in so few perfectly chosen words about the sadness of a woman who has become lost to herself in a wave of body bits consumerism and youth-worship.

The tension that carries through the whole story is palpable from the very first line and I was immediately drawn in and had to know what what was happening. The end came as a real surprise too.

Sensuous, beautiful use of language that really evoked the sultriness of summer and bleakness of winter and used them to great effect to mirror the personalities of the characters.

A brilliant voice coming through and I really felt for this character straight away, which is such an achievement in flash fiction.

I confess I’m not entirely sure what’s going on in this story by Lauren Yates but I really like it. Without a doubt, a taste of harsh reality is being served today at this ‘Mexican’ restaurant. I’ll come back to this one.

Funny and sweet—what’s not to like? If it were simply described to me, Rick Trushel’s little tale is probably not ‘my type’ of story. But I’m sure glad I read it without my usual prejudice. It’s a keeper.

I quickly fell in love with the voice of the main character. Turns out, it was an appropriate response to the entire story.

This man knows something about short-short fiction. If you doubt me, take a look at his journal ’100 Word Story’—or simply read ‘Charms’ right now.

The first paragraph grabbed my attention. It sets an uncomfortable tone, which continues throughout this modern-day fable.

I love surreal stories that involve anthropomorphic plants and animals. This is a suspenseful, well-written piece of flash fiction.

Escarp publishes Twitter-length fiction. This story proves just how powerful a story can be, even when it’s limited to 140 characters. Beautiful!

Still Life shows us glimpses of the past, present, and future, all in one brief paragraph. It’s clear that the writer has given careful thought to each word.

I loved how this story is about a little girl with the ability to see the bones of people and animals—’amongst other things.’ There were so many visual aspects, such as the ‘tombstone teeth’, how her mother’s ‘phalanges fluttered like birds’ and how ‘each vertebrae finned with a spinous process like the back of a dragon.’ A vivid, wonderfully imaginative piece.

There is so much imagery packed into this little piece. The first sentence pulls you in with a gentle sensory detail: ‘…the photo of my grandmother smells like sugar cookies’ and then within the same line, the author contrasts that sweetness with: ‘and she is retelling the story of my grandfather when he split his head open on the stoop…’ It’s poetic, strange, original and just plain stunning.

The thoughts and emotions of the character is what really drives this piece home for me. The writing is breezy and electric all at once. It has stayed with me for days.

What stuck out the most to me was the quirky protagonist. The Star Wars references made me laugh out loud, and the idea of the website was unmistakably original. A cute read you can cozy up to with a nice cup of hot chocolate this holiday season. 🙂 Great example of lighthearted done well!

This one captured my interest because the main character could very easily be me. I don’t sing out loud, but there are times I wish I was carefree enough that I could. I also liked the way the song title subversively speaks about the crowd gathered at the train stop.

I like so much about this story. The line about Post It Notes being, ‘The currency of her generation’ is pretty epic. Then, sending her off with ‘directions for the other side.’ A splendid description of a farewell wish.

A perfect summary of our twenty-first century distractedness. When a story makes me want to punch a character, I know it’s touching a nerve. A well done piece that finishes with perfection.

Emotion, compassion and empathy zipped up and compressed into twenty five words. A two sentence gut punch.