Flash Fiction

Discover my 100 word stories and other bits and pieces added to the blog over the years.


  • The gardener

    Last night we discussed show and tell techniques, the extremes of both and how to strike the ideal balance. Below is my show piece using the feeder line “I brought the gardener out a cup of coffee. “Thanks,” he said” It was interesting to hear some of the other pieces, a great many of which…

  • Who want’s coffee?

    Living life behind a two way mirror. Can’t see out but they all look in. Staring at the monkey as he peels his banana. Trapped inside his false blank grin.

  • Asleep in the hay

    College assignment: An eye witness account of something I couldn’t possibly have seen. I decided to attempt a scripted version of this. Not sure I really got what wanted down on paper, so I might tackle this again some other time. Anyway, here it is. Excuse the formatting, it’s gone a bit shonky. Fade up…

  • Doesn’t feel right

    I’ve been dreaming of you with my eyes wide open Thinking of things with my lids shut tight You can spin the truth however you want it but the fact remains, this doesn’t feel right.

  • Inbox (1)

    The email landed in his inbox. He’d been staring at the empty screen for a while now even though, really, he hadn’t been expecting anything to arrive, yet there it was. He sat and stared, not daring to click it. He knew he shouldn’t have sent a mail in the first place. He knew it…

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