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Dead People

May 11, 2015 2 Comments

Dead People by Kurt Nimmo
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She likes to take pictures of the dead.

He rides with her to the cemetery. It’s just outside of town, nestled between jack pines and oaks.

Cemeteries creep him out.

“Over here,” she says.

He follows. Dead people. You can’t see them. They’re beneath the ground. Long since rotted, except recent burials.

It’s a gravestone with a photo mounted on it. A woman from another century. She aims the camera to take a picture of the picture.

He looks at the gravestone photo. Looks like her, he thinks. Then he hears something rustling in the brush.

I hate cemeteries, he thinks.

By Kurt Nimmo

Cabbages & Onions

May 11, 2015 1 Comment

Cabbages & Onions by Rebecca Goldthorpe
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Ira stood tall, arched an aching back and surveyed his handiwork. Tired but satisfied, he dropped the spade and took another swig of whiskey. He’d earned it today.

He was known for his colossal cabbages at the annual show and had a cabinet full of shiny trophies, to show for it.

This year however, he knew the topic of conversation in the beer tent, would be his onions!

He hadn’t expected to bury his wife under them today. It never crossed his mind… until he hit her. It was unfortunate for both of them. She was dead and Ira couldn’t cook.

By Rebecca Goldthorpe

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 4

May 10, 2015 Leave a Comment

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition - Issue 4
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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

When you are done reading, leave us a comment and let us know who you would like recommendations by in future editions. Don’t forget to join the list and you will get next weeks issue via e-mail.

— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by David Borrowdale of Micro Bookends

“A Second Bowl of Jook” by Geoff Kronik via Litro

This flash won Litro’s China flash fiction contest, so it’s not surprising that it has a strong sense of place. That difficult moment of meeting your partner’s family for the first time, with the added complication of language and cultural differences, is captured beautifully.

“Reconstruction Work” by Bruce Holland Rogers via Flash Fiction Online

An obvious choice perhaps, coming from the pen of a prolific writer of short stories and flash, but it really doesn’t get much better than this. Excellent characterization and a satisfying, surprising ending that doesn’t spill over into the ridiculous, as some flash does.

“When” by David Bussell via Oblong

Humour can be difficult to do well. This does it perfectly.

“Glance/The Other Side” by Lindsay Brader via The Bookends Review

Second person narrative can be difficult to write (and read). Throw in past, present and future tense and it could all go horribly wrong. This goes delightfully right.

In the Dark

May 8, 2015 3 Comments

In the Dark by Richard Gale
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The ding of the hammer connecting sounded like a far off bell. The tile came away from the wall with the gentlest of taps. He reached behind it, touching the pitch black of the small recess until his fingers found the folded paper among the dust and rough stone edges. For a moment he wondered if the light would dissolve it, he was sure he had seen that happen. But no, the yellowed document survived its return from the darkness. Carefully, nervously, he smoothed it flat against the floor and, for the first time in a decade, read his real name.

By Richard Gale

The Voyeur

May 8, 2015 11 Comments

The Voyeur by Rebecca Goldthorpe
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He was the perfect buyer. He didn’t have children or want a garden. He even worked from home. So a hike to the nearest bus didn’t phase him either.

There had been little interest in her apartment. The agent said it was “dark”. His tone conveyed more. “Shame we can’t do something about that view too”, he had added.

So the vendor was delighted when the next viewer insisted it be taken off the market immediately.

To the man who moved in, the view was perfect!

The redhead was in her bedroom, his camera was focused and no one else knew.

By Rebecca Goldthorpe

Dark Waters

May 7, 2015 16 Comments

Dark Waters by Firdaus Parvez
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Time stands still here. You have to push it aside to move. Hours, minutes, seconds; they hang suspended in the air like discarded toys.

Wading through, I reach a dark room. There I find some frozen memories. I pick up my very first, and let it wash over me.

I am two years old, Mom’s voice is soothing in my ear as I look down at the dark swirling waters of the lake.

Suddenly, Mom screams in surprise—then terror, as she falls and disappears into the water. Papa just stands there with a blank face.

Then I wake up screaming!

By Firdaus Parvez

Betrayal

May 7, 2015 Leave a Comment

Betrayal by Thriveni C. Mysore
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It is the worst feeling, betrayal. I could not take it from her, my wife of 5 years. Being a comedian is not easy when one is going through turmoil. Yes, I had to do something.

And, I executed my plans. I had a good reputation earned through showing the best of values. I wished to keep it so.

I turned that to my advantage.

My wife met with a road accident. I was careful about my alibi.

She crippled my feelings, I crippled her for life.

Her one betrayal made me to live cautiously with a secret throughout my life.

By Thriveni C. Mysore

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