Flash Fiction Story – Butt-Kisser
Reading Time: 2 minutes Swamy was the perfect example of a pleaser. In not so kind words, he was a butt-kisser. If his lips could find a noble behind, they were ready to do the job. He started out young. At home,… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – No Photographs Please
Reading Time: 2 minutes A picture says a thousand words. I refuse to believe that horrid idiom. My picture says only one: ugly. Looks aren’t the problem here. I’m quite handsome for a man with thirty-two years behind him. Black hair, a… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Hands Up!
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hands up! That’s all I had to say. My brother Manu made me practice it a hundred times. Or was it a thousand times? I can’t count. What do I know? Manu says I’m a simpleton. Papa called… Read More
Cowards Don’t Die
Reading Time: 2 minutes A coward can never be a hero. I am that coward. They carried me home upon their shoulders. If only they knew the truth. But a dead man cannot speak, and I would never reveal what really happened…. Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Birthday Wish
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every wish he had ever made had come true. He could be lying, but it served him no purpose. Eleven birthdays together, eleven beautiful cakes, eleven selfish wishes. Eleven reasons for me to believe that it wouldn’t be… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Creature of Greed
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’m a man of many mistakes. Some small, some so vile that I struggle to hide in their indecent shadows. I was born just like you. What’s that word? Yeah, innocent. I hate that word. It’s the biggest… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – The Man Who Forgot
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘I don’t know them…’ ‘Raj. Look at me. I’m Tina, your wife.’ ‘Yeah, Dad. This is Mom and I’m Monty, your son.’ ‘Raj, are you sure you don’t recognize your wife and son? No recollection?’ ‘Uhhh, I have… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Death Completes Me
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was four when I died for the first time. The village pond had beckoned me into its brown waters, promising me a gallant win in a game of hide-and-seek. I held my breath, only a fool wouldn’t… Read More
