Tag: flash story

  • Sabotage

    “Nothing about this seems right,” I said out loud.  I quickly glanced around to see if anyone had heard me.  The Community Art Competition was next week and I had finally gotten enough courage to enter a few of my pieces.  The competition was probably the most important one of my fledgling, not-quite-started career and I didn’t really want anyone to realize…

  • The Date

    “She has changed her opinion.  Twice.”  My father continued to grumble as my sister headed to her room to change her clothes again.  I looked the other way and smiled.  My sister and I were going to meet our dad’s new girlfriend for the first time since they had started dating and Haley was having a hard time deciding what…

  • After the Rain

    When the rain finally ended, I ventured outside to see the final outcome.  I needed to see what damage had been done while I was hiding from the storm.  At this point, I felt that either way, this rain could potentially set the course of the rest of my life.  Or at least the next few months.  As I…

  • Wardrobe

    “I’m ready to tone down my wardrobe,” I said out loud as I stared at my overstuffed closet.  The problem was that it was not my only clothes that were currently overflowing – shoes, skirts, jackets, sweatshirts, everything.  I racked my brain to try and figure out how I had let my closets get this out of control, but here I…

  • Sticky

    “Place sticky things here?  What does that even mean?  Sounds pretty disgusting to me actually,” I said as I carefully walked around the table and put my hands in my pockets.  I didn’t want to accidently touch the table and whatever stickiness has been on top of it.  I made a quick look at the floor to see if there were…

  • Life that Slowly Burns

    All I wanted was a quiet life full of yearning.  A life full of desire.  A life that slowly burns.  In a family full of mathematicians, I was constantly referred to as the ‘dreamer’.  I preferred to read books and go on walks rather than solve complicated math problems.  I just could never get worked up about…

  • The New Hire

    “I didn’t hire him to do anything,” I said, confused.  My boss stared at me and slowly turned around.  He straightened his shoulders and headed back to the front of the office.  I watched him bypass the unknown male sitting at the table in the front of my partition.  I guess he must have shown up this morning…

  • The Headmaster

    “It had to be asked,” I said to myself.  “No one else was going to confront him.  Everyone else is too scared.”  I got up off the unadorned chair and started pacing back and forth in the classroom.  Had I made a mistake?  Had I gone too far?  I had just confronted my professor.  Or at least that’s what he said.  All…

  • What He Wants

    “Jake uses everyone to get exactly what he wants.  But in a way where nobody notices.” I started pulling my clothes out of the closet and stuffing the ones I wore the most into my suitcase.  My throat tightened and my eyes started to burn and I forced myself not to cry.  “He has always done that.  For as long as I have known him.  Don’t…

  • Speak with Authority

    “Watch your pretty mouth,” the stranger said as he stuck his finger into my face as I tried to back away.  I’m not even sure where this man had come from or why he was so upset.  I hadn’t even said or done anything but try and cross the street.  As he continued to yell and shake his…