A Pest Problem
“It’s just the house settling,” the man says, barely looking up as the woman glances toward the creaking coming from …
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The Problem With Humans: And Other Stories
In her first book, “Flash in the Dark: A Collection of Flash Fiction,” Allison Spooner offered stories that teetered between …
Flash in the Dark: A Collection of Flash Fiction
Available now, on Amazon Like stepping off a stair you didn’t realize was there, the stories in this collection of …
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Lester The Lugubrious
“I think I’ve always felt like this. When I was five, there was a cat stuck in a tree in our yard and…I rescued it.” There was a collective gasp and this time even the director couldn’t hide the disdain that so closely mimicked his father’s
How Country Music Inspired My Flash Fiction
From a poor girl living in a run-down, one room shack to a wealthy woman living in an elegant, New …
The Angels Inside Me
Tonight, I stopped fighting with the Angels inside me. Tonight, I will answer their call.
Freedom
The knife. Grab the knife. But he couldn’t hear me because my lips weren’t moving. My stomach burned like it …
The Final Light
She paused and looked around the quiet stretch of land, dotted with the proof of life once lived. No one else had chosen this spot for this night and she supposed that made sense.
The Flight
She didn’t realize she was allergic to cigarette smoke until she took a job at the smoking lounge in the airport. Now, she spent all her time fixing drinks, wiping at her watering eyes, and cursing the tobacco companies.