They refused to evacuate even when bombs landed in the neighbours’ backyards. “Our home is here,” they kept saying. “What will become of our farm? What will become of our animals? Who’ll...

'Open the window just a crack, child. That'll do nicely, thank you.' The train puffed across bleak countryside and we smiled at each other through soot. His teeth were yellow and his eyes were cold......

The woman watches a butterfly shrug off its cocoon. The creature spreads fragile wings and takes flight. It lands on the woman's bedside window. She raises a fragile arm, presses her hand against the....

The first time it happened, Mum told us to go round and ask nicely and everything would be alright. And it was. Some days the ball would whistle back over the fence almost immediately we’d lost...

It was a quiet wedding, with just their parents to witness the ceremony, and afterwards she wheeled her new husband to the restaurant across the road. The meal, and short but heart-felt speeches...

The moonlight falls in strips across the gaping toilet. I stare down at the tooth shapes on the porcelain rim, at the dark hole in the basin. My bladder is bursting. I turn and sit, exposed and...

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The City spoke to Hazel in its many voices, informing, tempting, cajoling, pleading. Tonight though, she wanted her own voice, her own desires, to be heard. She thought about the letter sitting on...

Generally, the tips for the Andrew Siderius Memorial Contests are much the same as for other contests, but with a couple of little extra things to bear in mind. The most obvious difference is that...

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"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday." ​

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"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday." ​

“Hope’s alive.” A nurse’s voice drifts out into the corridor. “We saved her. But Verity and Sage didn’t make it.” In a minute, I’m sure one of the nurses will come out of the...

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"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday." ​

"The essential challenge of Friday Flash Fiction is to write a fresh new story of 100 words (or just under) in time for publication that following Friday." ​

May had been running all day, last minute Christmas stuff. She was delighted to see the pharmacy open at 6.15. The kids loved the bath bombs and May loved the colourful box. They were all she could...

Lisa licked her lips as Toby approached. “Fancy a drink darling?” he asked. “No, but I’d love a dance.” Lisa pulled Toby close. She ran her hands over his arms, enjoying the feel of his...

Captain Randolph and the Intrepid’s crew entered a wormhole that recently appeared beyond the moon. Squished and spaghettified by space and time, he lost consciousness. He came to in a hospital...

More traffic! Honk, beep, and an expletive hurled out here and there are joyful parts of commuting. I consider it my non-paying second job. Naturally, I'm envious of those who work from home. I know.....

The baby’s small, but his gear fills the car. We leave before dawn, hoping to beat the snowstorm. This will be Zachary’s first Thanksgiving, possibly our last with my father. When we arrive, Mom.....

It was like watching a slow developing trainwreck from overhead. Wait, let me start over. Car crash. As I drove down the highway at 70 mph, I saw a car pull out in front of me, then stop and freeze......

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