What’s Wrong with Your Mom? by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores // Flash Fiction
Reading Time: < 1 minute WELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS / MASTICADORES! A kid needs a break from his mother. She smothers him with too much care and attention. The other kids at school bully him about it. But what the… Read More
The Weather Gods Need Coffee – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes ‘When I ask, you will speak!’ The sun god was the biggest bully. He thought his sunny disposition allowed him the liberty to push the other weather gods around. But he alone didn’t harbor this misconception. The wind… Read More
Fill in the Blanks by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores / Flash Fiction
Reading Time: < 1 minute WELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS / MASTICADORES! When a baby is born, it knows how to cry. A natural act that doesn’t need to be taught. But what if the crying and subsequent talking don’t come… Read More
That Badass Challenge by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores /Flash Fiction
Reading Time: < 1 minute WELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS/MASTICADORES! We love comparing our joys, miseries, achievements, and failures with others. But what happens when the topic of comparison is a rather private one? Ahem! Not sure what I’m talking about?… Read More
The Doggone Poet by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores – Flash Fiction
Reading Time: < 1 minute WELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION AT GOBBLERS/MASTICADORES! A poet is a poet till not proven otherwise. And to prove that might be a long and futile battle. When the urge to rhyme is strong, then no one can… Read More
Two Spoons Missing – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Norman held the jar in front of the window. The brown granules shifted as the man tilted and turned the glass container, squinting as if the sunlight were piercing his eyes instead of the half empty coffee jar…. Read More
Emoji Killer by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores
Reading Time: < 1 minute WELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS/MASTICADORES! Have you ever had the emoji blues? Not sure which emoji goes where… It may seem inconsequential. But not if you live with a child or teenager. They know more than… Read More
A Personal Cheerleader – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Thank you, Britta Benson, for inspiring this story. You surely have this Terveen as your personal cheerleader. Please visit Britta’s Blog – Letters from Scotland and Odds & Ends to read Britta’s lovely writing! This one’s for you,… Read More
Cuckoo Bird Crazy – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes The boy hated his name. It made him want to hide in the shadows and question his parents’ wisdom. But the nonsensical tag was more the mother’s doing than the father’s. The couple had never gotten along, and… Read More
Crybaby Radhey – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes Radhey was a crybaby. It was his signature characteristic. From the time of his birth till the day of his death, Radhey’s face was a perpetual wetland. Salty streams had etched their course, puffing and wrinkling brown skin…. Read More
