There’s no way she’s going to believe me, but I should probably call Terryn, and tell her I won’t be at work today. Yeah, you have bigger problems than that now, buddy, some inner wise-ass says. I pick up my phone and call work. “Happy Massage, this Terryn. Would you like to book a massageContinue reading “Calling In – A Terryn and Shawn Story”
Category Archives: Horror
Hershel’s Specialty Meats
A man visits an unusual butcher shop The usual suspects are all there, quail, snake, boar, venison, and even buffalo. Each is neatly wrapped in brown wax paper and carefully sealed shut with strips of white butchers tape. The man’s olfactory senses are on overload. Most people, unaccustomed to the dizzyingly wide array of divergentContinue reading “Hershel’s Specialty Meats”
My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 4
Days 76 – 100 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. Below, I summarize the fourth 25 days of my challenge. The Final 25 Stories The EndContinue reading “My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 4”
My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 3
Days 51 – 75 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. Below, I summarize the third 25 days of my challenge. The Third 25 Stories Clive ANDContinue reading “My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 3”
My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 2
Days 26 – 50 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. Below, I summarize the second 25 days of my challenge. The Second 25 Stories Memory BrokenContinue reading “My 100-Day Flash Challenge Part 2”
Very Bad Doggy
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 100 “Don’t tease him today, okay, Tommy?” Timmy pleads. Timmy and Tommy have been best friends since second grade. Now both boys are in fifth grade and walking home from school together. Ordinarily, they walked James Street to school. But for the past two weeks, they decidedContinue reading “Very Bad Doggy”
3:14 AM
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 98 Days later, I will remember this was the night I first peered inside the SUV, the flashing blue lights. My sleep patterns are not nearly as satisfying as they once were. I used to adore my sleep. Now, it seems the fairy has grown stingy withContinue reading “3:14 AM”
Mrs. Henderson
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 97 Twenty-Eight Years Ago I’ve lost the thread of what she is trying to tell me. All I know is I’ve done something wrong. I must have. She seems furious at me, and my seven-year-old brain is frantically searching for the magic phrase that will dissipate herContinue reading “Mrs. Henderson”
Zach
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 92 “I told you we need to use the stopper. It skitters away too quickly otherwise. I already regret sharing my affliction with Zach. The instant I approached his bathroom vanity sink, he pulled the plug from the basin and refused to let me have it; he’sContinue reading “Zach”
Zeke Vs Zombies
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 88 Zeke shrugs the backpack off and makes himself as comfortable as he can. He is lying on top of a jungle gym. The zees (Zeke refuses to call them zombies) can’t climb. He’s only seven feet above the asphalt surface of the playground, but he knowsContinue reading “Zeke Vs Zombies”
Monolith 3; Tammy’s Choice
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 79 The monolith sat, waiting patiently for centuries. It was sentient, but it would have blushed at such high praise. It felt no need for flattery. There was only one thing that fulfilled it, and it had been a long time since it had that treat. It ached toContinue reading “Monolith 3; Tammy’s Choice”
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 padContinue reading “Heating Pad”
Rewind
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 70 The man forgets how many times he’s replayed his life. He decides the number is fourteen or four thousand. The offer to trade his soul for a chance to relive his life had been impossible to refuse. The little girl told him he could relive his life sinceContinue reading “Rewind”
Reynaldo the Rat
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 66 His reactions were shock, followed by horror, then disgust – all in rapid succession. It wasn’t an enormous rat, nor was it small – if the man had to venture a guess, he would say the rat was average-sized. However, the thing that was not average was theContinue reading “Reynaldo the Rat”
Monster
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 65 Monday – “Again, I’m sorry for snapping at you,” I say to Maria. She works with me at the spa where I give massages. “Uh-huh,” she says. I think she suspects something is up with me. I unloaded on her earlier. The funny thing is I don’t rememberContinue reading “Monster”
Mike
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 63 The injected serum doesn’t knock me out; it merely renders me temporarily paralyzed. One Week Ago, Tuesday “No, not Sherrie. Cheryl, with a ‘C?’” I say. “You have seen no clients named Sherrie or Cheryl this year,” Chrissy says. I’m getting mad. Chrissy sees my mood turning. “Here,Continue reading “Mike”
Frank
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 62 I loved my new studio; It had vaulted ceilings, a fireplace, and a freestanding wall that was open on both sides but created a pleasant sense of separation from the rest of the apartment. It also had a patio. It only looked out on the parking lot belowContinue reading “Frank”
The Anagram Man
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 61 My coffee finishes brewing. I set the book down, walk across my studio apartment, pour myself a mug along with my customary dollop of cream. I blow across the surface; there’s nothing like the first sip of the day. Now, where was I? Oh, right! My new bookContinue reading “The Anagram Man”
Wasp
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 54 MONDAY: I have to use the camera on my phone to see inside the bathroom vent. The disconcerting buzzing sound had been a nuisance for weeks now, and I was finally ready to investigate the source of the noise more closely. I can hear it; a dry, scratchyContinue reading “Wasp”
In the End
Flash Fiction Challenge 100 – Day 51 Take Two In the end, she tells herself for the millionth time; it was only an accident. He hadn’t meant to injure her in this most irreversible manner. This had been the unfortunate outcome of an unintentional flirtation. He hadn’t meant to die, but only to taste theContinue reading “In the End”
