Tag Archives: flash fiction
Furiosity
All of a sudden, I wanted to punch him in the face. I wanted to feel the knuckles of my right hand sting against the bone of his cheek, where it becomes his eye socket. I wanted to give that … Continue reading
Distressed
All I know is drowning is easy. Just stop struggling. All I know is floating away is easy. Just stop holding on. All I know is burning is easy. Just breathe. All I know is waiting is * * * … Continue reading
They don’t come
“It’s dark now and the fireflies sing but they don’t come down they don’t come down to where I am, where I’ve been and what I can see if I close. I closed at the daylight, only one kind of … Continue reading
They don't come
“It’s dark now and the fireflies sing but they don’t come down they don’t come down to where I am, where I’ve been and what I can see if I close. I closed at the daylight, only one kind of … Continue reading
Made For
“I can almost–” she breathes, eyes squinched shut behind black lashes laid to pale and cherryspot cheeks as she claws the air, fingertips trembling, hand electrified, splayed as though it could hold all of the everything if only she spread … Continue reading