Found 33 works tagged 'flash'.
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Fiction
Published Dec 10, 2020 · 102 words (1 minute) · 175 views
Classic Fantasy Historical clockwork medieval Drabble flash retelling fairy tale steampunk
A very short story based on the nursery rhyme “Sing a Song of Sixpence”
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Fiction
Published Nov 16, 2020 · 802 words (3 minutes) · 143 views
Fantasy flash fairy tale fae flash fiction Faerie Queen
An archer standing guard over a cursed seaside castle confronts a new threat.
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Fiction
Published Sep 14, 2020 · 864 words (4 minutes) · 211 views
Science Fiction Romance Love flash sci-fi space generation ship
When a couple is paired off in an intergalactic project, they must face an unexpected disaster together.
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Fiction
Published Jun 29, 2020 · 1,135 words (5 minutes) · 379 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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Fiction
Published Jun 21, 2020 · 519 words (2 minutes) · 2 likes · 335 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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Fiction
Published Jun 16, 2020 · 513 words (2 minutes) · 2 likes · 286 views
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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Fiction
Published Feb 3, 2020 · 909 words (4 minutes) · 6 likes · 773 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.