The Man of the House – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes Ali carried the tray to his grandmother’s room. The boy was only seven years old, but he shouldered the responsibility of his mother’s mother like a grown man. But were grown men afraid of their own shadows? The… Read More
An Anniversary Gift (Flash Fiction Story) by Terveen Gill — Gobblers / Masticadores
Reading Time: < 1 minute Another day, another story. Flash fiction is how it reads. Like a flash of imagination that hopefully leaves the reader bedazzled and entertained, satisfied yet wanting to know more. Please read another of my stories published by Gobblers/Masticadores.
They Left Me Here to Die – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 3 minutes I can’t believe they left me here to die. What a pair of idiots! Seriously. It’s been twenty-two days now, and I’m still alive. Bravo, Ann and Tim. I applaud your incompetence. If we ever meet again, I’ll… Read More
No Mercy To Be Shown – Flash Fiction Story
Reading Time: 2 minutes He stood like a stubborn weed, fixed in his place, unmoved by the activity around him. And much was going on. Though the mood was sullen and withdrawn, the voices hardly slicing the stiff hush laid out on… Read More
Killer Kanha Came Calling – Short Story
Reading Time: 5 minutes She often wondered whether time had taken a wrong turn and left her stranded in a dark abyss. His face drifted in front of her, mostly in her dreams, always out of her reach. When awake, she couldn’t… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Honorable Drug Lord
Reading Time: 2 minutes My father is a respected gangster. I’m just a pathetic thug. But I was born with credibility entrenched in my genes. I’m Simon Lobo’s only biological son. My father had other children, but they weren’t his. They were… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – Come To Me
Reading Time: 2 minutes Come to me. You’re a man in need. Shh…be quiet. No one must know. Your secrets are safe with me. They’ll never see the light of day. Leave behind your name and age. Everything looks the same in… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – A Pink Balloon
Reading Time: 2 minutes She was there. And then she wasn’t. Ten seconds, and my world had changed, forever. The horror. No words can explain it. I shouldn’t have let go of her tiny hand. But she wanted a pink balloon. She… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – My Sweetest Enemy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Get up and leave! My mind screams, over and over. Otherwise, silent and poised, no one can tell I’m crumbling inside. It’s been months, maybe over a year. I thought time had done its job, healed me, rid… Read More
Flash Fiction Story – An Anniversary Gift
Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s hard to have happy thoughts when you know that you’re dying. Also, I still haven’t gotten over my wife’s death. She fell off a cliff four days ago, plunging to her death. She couldn’t have survived. I… Read More
