The need to relieve myself finally pulls me from my dreams. I unwrap myself from the covers and make my way to the bathroom in the dark. The son is the father of the man. A line from a Wordsworth poem–I make a mental note to look it up tomorrow, knowing I will forget both… Continue reading Time to Go
Category: dreams
Descartes Conundrum
The limits of thinking I wave my hands in front of the Daniel-thing’s face again. Nothing. Its eyes are open, but it’s not seeing me, not seeing anything. I thought he’d had a seizure; when I checked for a pulse or breathing I found neither. And then there was the stuff with my… Continue reading Descartes Conundrum
My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 1
Days 1 – 25 On March 18, 2021, I began a crazy adventure. That was the day I started my 100-day flash fiction challenge. My goal was to write, edit, publish one story per day for one hundred days. The following is a summary of the first 25 days of my challenge. The First 25… Continue reading My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 1
Nicky
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 82 I try calling her cellphone again. Damn. My useless phone displays one of three messages with every attempt. This time it’s ‘NETWORK BUSY.’ I shouldn’t be surprised. It’s the day most of us are leaving earth. The authorities never fully explained how this was even remotely possible. I’ve… Continue reading Nicky
Heating Pad
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 75 And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me – filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe It was the heating pad controller that inspired so many nightmares and haunted thoughts during my three-week self-quarantine. The heating pad… Continue reading Heating Pad
O’Malley’s Books
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 56 It surprised everyone in my hometown when my eighth-grade football coach and PE teacher, the always affable James “Coach” O’Malley, took early retirement and opened a bookstore. All his friends and family warned him it was a fool’s plan, destined to fail. No one in this little town… Continue reading O’Malley’s Books
Stories by Shawn 