Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME TO FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS / MASTICADORES! A young woman becomes a mother. She is soaking in the newfound joy. Her precious baby is the center of attention. There…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS / MASTICADORES! A woman has suffered since childhood because of her last name. It’s far from pretty and conveys her in a negative…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS/MASTICADORES! There’s been an accident and lives are at risk. It’s a fine line between life and death. There’s a voice calling out with…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME to TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS/MASTICADORES! We all are inspired to do things in life. But what if inspiration is needed to do nothing? Have no idea what I’m…
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…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME TO TUESDAY FLASH FICTION at GOBBLERS / MASTICADORES! Two sisters attend their mother’s funeral. One’s in her senses, the other is mostly not. What happens when that sister oversteps…
Reading Time: 2 minutes‘Leave it. Let it be.’ She didn’t look at me, but her words fell to the floor in front of me. I wanted to touch them, hold them, make them…
Reading Time: 2 minutesCan I talk to you? What if I tell you that I’m lonely and needy? Is it alright to believe that I still have a chance? My name’s not important.…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWELCOME 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…
Reading Time: 2 minutesDry, howling winds drowned out the baby’s cries. It was two hours before dawn, but a mother knew her newborn would look even more hideous in the day’s light. An…