flash fiction
Found 79 works tagged 'flash fiction'.
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Ten steps to expedite a departure from Pantaga Station
Published Sep 30, 2019 · 982 words (4 minutes) · 2 views
Science Fiction space opera flash fiction Smugglers Space Ships
A ship's XO goes over the ways in which to make a quick escape from a space station.
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Time Heals All Wounds
Published Sep 17, 2019 · 399 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 51 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction aging flash fiction vignette 404words literary fantasy
From the vault! Originally published in 2016, this story won 4th place in the flash fiction contest of the now-departed 404words.com.
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Ovum Tempi
Published Sep 17, 2019 · 945 words (4 minutes)
Science Fiction time travel flash fiction near SF
If you could find a way to travel through time without disrupting the time stream--and without experiencing any surprises, excitement, or new knowledge--would it still be worth doing?
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Flow
Published Sep 4, 2019 · 374 words (2 minutes) · 41 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction flash fiction slice of life
Everyone has a secret fear, and Rutherford's is this: for the minute it matters most, he won't be looking.
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An Economy of Words
Published Sep 4, 2019 · 501 words (2 minutes) · 42 views
Fantasy flash fiction medieval medieval fantasy
A seamstress struggles to conserve her words in a world where each one is precious.
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The Harvest
Published Aug 30, 2019 · 168 words (1 minute)
Science Fiction space flash fiction
Surely, mining asteroids for ice can't be THAT hard. You just grab the closet icy rock and tow it in... right?
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Ghost Town
Published Aug 17, 2019 · 98 words (1 minute)
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction weird surreal weird fiction flash fiction ghost stories slipstream
People aren't the only entities that leave ghosts behind.
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Last Contact
Published Aug 15, 2019 · 944 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 58 views
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After an ape expert misses an appointment, a gorilla holds up traffic in his search for answers. [Originally published in Nature Futures and reprinted in Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy 2018.]
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Poison Garden
Published Aug 11, 2019 · 372 words (2 minutes) · 2 likes · 2 views
Fantasy Horror dark fantasy flash fiction
Be careful what you're thinking, when you work with growing things....
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Her Echo
Published Aug 10, 2019 · 592 words (3 minutes) · 1 view
Fantasy Love fairy tale dark fable flash fiction
When the Old Wise Woman of the Tall Bright Hills finally passed through the veil, she left three things behind--her Reflection, her Shadow, and her Echo--and granted them their freedom. But when they all espy a beautiful youth, everything changes.
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