Halloween Flash Fiction: Day X

Final tale for Halloween. Reading time: 1 minute. Hope you enjoyed the series. THE HUNT 5 days till Halloween: Carving out my spot behind the hedge. Ready for ambush if I spot him. 4 days till: Cloud cover darkens the night. My eyes adjust. Scores of nighttime visitors –toads, rodents, a coyote. No sign of […]

Halloween Flash Fiction: Day IX

Today’s entry is a special inside joke to my mom. Anyone is welcome to read, but only Mom will truly understand. Also, please note that my mother is neither a witch nor named Melinda Widebottom – those were only story elements. Final spooktacular flash fiction will appear here on Halloween morning. See you then… WITCH […]

Halloween Flash Fiction: Day VII

SECRETS My boyfriend leered at me. “Sit,” he said. Ooooh! I obeyed. I sat. And tingled with anticipation. My new man has a fetish! Does he have a leash and collar? “Last night was our anniversary,” he barked. I blink. “Anniv –” “No talking! One month anniversary! And you canceled our date.” Uh-oh. He knows. “Baby, […]

Halloween Flash Fiction – Day V

ZOMBIE (Editor’s note: Okay, inspired by the zombie costume, but this really isn’t about a zombie.) I’d been dead a month when I met Corinne, my intake interviewer. She had ligature marks too, so natural curiosity. Hers were from someone’s hands, so I lied about my rope of guilt. “They never fade away,” she warned. […]