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Matt Dovey

Griffins Don't Respect Bouncies' Returns Policy

Published Jun 29, 2020 · 1,135 words (5 minutes) · 36 views

Fantasy Humor flash griffins fabulism single parent

Jordan is struggling to run her griffin sanctuary alone and give her daughter enough attention. There are only so many hours in a day, y'know? Things come to a head when she takes delivery of a bouncy castle to help the juvenile griffins learn to fly.

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Kurt Pankau

Application For Temporal Readjustment

Published Jun 21, 2020 · 519 words (2 minutes) · 68 views

Science Fiction flash time travel

Ms. Tapper would like to change her past. This was a more experimental flash of mine. Looking at it now, I get what doesn't work about it, but I still like it.

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Daniel Ausema

Hometown Hero, Gone for Good

Published Jun 16, 2020 · 513 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 37 views

Fantasy flash

Canthis was a local hero, or a nobody, or maybe a symbol for justice denied. As the invaders approach, conquer, and pass on, the remembrances and rumors shift and adjust.

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Spencer Ellsworth

About The Bear

Published Feb 3, 2020 · 909 words (4 minutes) · 6 likes · 490 views

Fantasy Humor flash epic fantasy sword & sorcery bears

At a remote outpost in the cold desert, more than a few improbably tall tales are shared around a campfire. Sometimes, though, believing makes all the difference in the world.

Spencer Ellsworth is the author of the THE GREAT FAERIE STRIKE, available from Broken Eye Books, as well as the STARFIRE trilogy from Tor Books. His short fiction has also appeared in Lightspeed, Tor.com, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and many other fine venues.

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Charlotte Platt

Travel Safe

Published Dec 31, 2019 · 424 words (2 minutes) · 1 like · 192 views

Fantasy flash short weird Travel spooky

A little weird short to round the year off with teeth and protection. It's always nice to have bitey friends.

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Charlotte Platt

Glitter and Cold

Published Nov 6, 2019 · 587 words (3 minutes) · 190 views

Fantasy Horror Strange flash gore soft costume

A little spooky short to round off Halloween season, this is a story about conversations while waiting for a lift.

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Aeryn Rudel

A Man of Many Hats

Published Jul 1, 2019 · 829 words (4 minutes) · 387 views

Fantasy Humor Mystery flash

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C. Jai Ferry

The Break-up

Published Jun 30, 2019 · 478 words (2 minutes) · 225 views

Humor Literary Fiction flash adult language microfiction rejections empowerment

Coming to terms with what the end of a relationship really means

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Aeryn Rudel

Reunion

Published Jun 24, 2019 · 807 words (3 minutes) · 436 views

Horror flash Monsters

The ocean promises a long-awaited reunion for a father and his young daughter.

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C.L. Holland

Paying for Death

Published Jun 18, 2019 · 881 words (4 minutes) · 263 views

Fantasy flash revenge Family flash fiction

Mirri wants revenge on her sister, but the price may be more than she thinks.