Flash Fiction Online is a free source of professional flash fiction -- complete stories of 1,000 or fewer words. It includes stories from award-winning authors as well as first-time publications.
By Dave Hoing. You can’t harvest a crop without killing something. A combine ain’t particular, it cuts whatever’s in its path. There’s no malice in it...
By H.P. Lovecraft. I hate the moon--I am afraid of it--for when it shines on certain scenes familiar and loved it sometimes makes them unfamiliar and ...
By Stefanie Freele. Stu is driving to South Lake Tahoe to take his post-partum-strained woman to the snow, to take his nine-week-old infant through a ...
By Eric Garcia. Dr. Albrecht woke from his afternoon nap to find himself on fire. At least, that's how it felt: like someone had taken an acetylene to...
By Suzanne Vincent. I'm in Hell. That must be what this is. I can't fathom a god who would possibly interpret this as heaven, crammed in this damned s...
By Bruce Holland Rogers. Next to the casket, I leaned on my cane and admired the work my brother practitioners had done on Elizabeth Fordham Roth. She...