Archives by Tag 'Flash Fiction'
Maple
What Mabel doesn’t know won’t hurt her.
Anyway, can’t stop now. After just four visits, my netcred’s has never been higher.
“Hi, Grandma!” Remember to smile.
“Good morning, Jared. How are you this afternoon?”
“Fine, Grandma! I came by for a story. And I just wanted to see you again.” Smile again. Place laptop bag on table, check camera [...]
Any Day on The Drabblecast!
A second 100-word story of mine is on the flash fiction podcast, The Drabblecast. Thanks a million to Norm Sherman for reading and producing “Any Day” so excellently!
Listen here.
If you want something done right, sometimes you just have to create a steam-powered robot army to do it for you. Not that I don’t have loyal [...]
Ancient Apple Tree on The Drabblecast!
This 100-word story of mine called “Ancient Apple Tree” is on a flash fiction podcast called The Drabblecast, alongside a story by sci fi author Mike Resnick! Yay!
Listen here.
When the old robot died, the people did not notice. It died suddenly, the middle of the orchard, its power cells shrieking for a few seconds before [...]
The Remnant
The recession hit so fast and so hard that smiles dropped from people’s faces and shattered on the sidewalk. In the middle of jokes and sunshine and children laughing, a man realized that he had lost his ten-year job. A woman realized that she had lost her house, without even finishing the basement. A teenager [...]
Colossus
Dear Diary,
Colossus blinked today! Larry says I am crazy, because Colossus has been just sitting there since before we were born. But every day after school this week, I went to the clearing in the woods and sat next to Colossus. I was thinking about it, and I think Colossus must be sad because nobody [...]