Flash Fiction

Close up of a crypt door with star shaped opening inside raised circles. The door is locked with a thin chain closed by a small padlock.
Photo by the Author, Montmartre Cemetery

 

 

The Family Crypt

Delia and her fiancé take a creepy walk in the snow to her family crypt

Stone spiral staircase turning in clockwise direction from bottom to top of image
Photo by Author

 

 

Ghost Hunters

400 years I’ve been here, and I’ve never seen anything like this. Ghost Hunters? Who ARE these idiots?

Crocodile in a red and white striped plastic Christmas sweater hanging from arched concrete ceiling
Photo by Author. The Brno dragon (in its Christmas sweater) hangs from the ceiling in city hall
 

Dragon Train

The legendary Brno dragon must adapt to the modern world. But is that a bigger problem for the dragon, or the people who encounter her?

A hammer, wrench, yellow handled pliers and roll of duct tape sit on a wood floor in the middle of a salt circle. The head of the wrench lays over the end of the hammer, with the pliers below and the duct tape to the right.
Photo by author

 

 

It Fixes Everything

A malevolent fairy meets its match at the hands of the universal household solution.

Yellow balloon with a frowny face drawn in black marker. A broken balloon lies next to it
Image by Mateusz Taciak, through Pexels

 

Party Poopers

Edith and Edna, party planners extraordinaire, always know how to make something out of nothing, using the usual decorations for the most unusual parties!

 

Two coffee cups sit on a wooden table in front of a window in a dark room
Image by NAOKI NISHIMURA from Pixabay

 

The Art of Ghosting

Ever had a friend who just insisted on setting you up with the “perfect” blind date?