Pete’s eyelids fluttered open. Barry, sitting in a chair, swam in and out of focus, “Where am I?” “Under observation in the County General until you get shipped off to the county jail.” “Any particular reason?” “You made the paper. …
Category: flash fiction
The Raid on Pan’s Palace
Pete chucked away his surname years ago, never carried a wallet, didn’t own a telephone, television, or radio and never read the newspaper. He cooked on a camp stove, slept on an army cot and aired his clothes in the …
Divinity in Odd Numbers
Clarence Bartholomew Whistleblower was born an odd number. Growing up, though not to a great height, in Nebraska he lagged behind the spindly legged goggle eyed Poindexters who were always chosen last on game day. Clarence was never chosen at …
Gone Fishing
Late Spring of 1953 when Dad finally home from Korea the first thing Scratch wanted to do was go fishing. Fishing with Dad didn’t involve fishing. Oh, he’d weight his line all right but he never tied a hook on …
Blanket of the Dark
On the freshest morning of spring Meghan Thomas pirouetted to the front door, picked up the letter and opened it. ‘Dear Sir, Antheus College is pleased to …’ She was in. With the shadow of the Great Depression finally starting …
April’s Fool
Beachhead Bar 8:00pm. Be ready to talk business. Harry’d said he wanted to settle things. Now some fool reckoned he’d got an edge. Harry burned the note. 7:45 pm: Harry enters the Beachhead. Sits in a corner. Doesn’t order a …
