Tag Archives: flash fiction
I with my knife
I wonder each time I see her, ever since we lost one another, if she imagines a life we might have had outside of all of this, if we could have escaped the choke hold the Guild held on the … Continue reading
Rewrite
I dream I can end it, losing the fight — slip into my wings, fly into the light — and burn as I cry to the angels below that I wear the last heart you’ll ever know.
The Price
“Well?” the ice-eyed blonde snaps. “Are you ready?” “Yeah,” he says, standing, scrubbing his lips with the back of his hand, wincing as he swallows, feeling bloody glass and fire on the back of his tongue. “Get it out of … Continue reading
Party of None, Please
I can hear her crying in the next room. What makes her stay with the halfbreed, I cannot comprehend. It is either fear or guilt, but it could never be loyalty, could it? When he came for me, she stood … Continue reading
Ferocity
When I bound, leap, lift, fly– –for a moment, escaping the hold Mother Earth has on my leather boots– –I imagine myself an angel, even as I come down, blade at the ready, to end your life, and take what … Continue reading