Microfiction
Sparkeeznort
Once, during a cozy gathering with friends, we shared stories, jokes, and sparkling drinks. It was a night filled with laughter and joy. As I took a sip of my fizzy beverage, one of my friends cracked a hilarious joke that sent us all into fits of laughter. It was the kind of laughter that bursts out unexpectedly, and the timing couldn't have been worse.
By Haris Hadzic3 years ago in Fiction
Mourningreed. Runner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge.
It couldn’t be said he wasn’t cold yet. Indeed, the morgue kept him chilled, but draped in colorful Indian quilts, a vibrant dichotomy that belied the stillness of him. My breath shuttered. We had shared a milkshake just the evening before. We both knew his journey was coming to a close. But you’re never prepared. My soul leaked, watering my vision. I took two steps and kissed him one last time on the forehead. Godspeed thy journey, father. The hardest part here is over.
By Catherine Brooks3 years ago in Fiction
Primanostogust
It was still there. Sandy’s Ice Cream Shack, boasting its eight flavors, stood to the right of the five waterslides that cascaded down to kidney-shaped pools below. The water slide park and Sandy’s had opened in the early nineties and still appeared to be going strong. How a water slide park thrived when the entire Atlantic Ocean thrashed and waved behind it was a mystery.
By Kate Kastelberg 3 years ago in Fiction
The Murphication of a Purple Man
Let me enlighten you on the precariousness of the situation I’ve found myself in. There was an industrial accident at my job. It caused me to lose my right eye. On top of that, since I was blamed for the accident, I lost my job as well. It gets worse.
By David E. Perry3 years ago in Fiction
Autoalgia
Shona had hoped, when she stepped onto the now cool sand, backed by blackness and the shushing waves, to walk off the indigestion laying across her belly like an over zealous bra. It had been a good meal, but too oily and too late and though she longed for sleep, she knew she would not be laying down anytime soon. Not least because that hotel bed was making her back twinge and her sciatica flare.
By Hannah Moore3 years ago in Fiction
Felincense. Runner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge.
It has been said that cats offer protection in the spiritual realm. I think of this as I search one last time for my cat Jaya, who’s been lost for 28 days. My lip is chewed raw, as I try not to think about moving to a new home abroad without him.
By Kali Mailhot3 years ago in Fiction
Meowcholalia
Aurora placed the saucer on the tiled kitchen floor. The saucer was full of kitten food. She had found the tiny ginger kitten in the parking lot of her apartment complex the previous afternoon. He had had no collar and none of the neighbors claimed him.
By Kate Kastelberg 3 years ago in Fiction
Amvicious
A dark-haired beauty in a shiny designer gown saunters into the ballroom, flanked by a man on each arm. Camera flashes sparkle like the diamonds around her neck, but her smile outshines them all. Lesser people stare in awe as she passes, shouting her name, clamoring for autographs. She turns up her nose at them. She’s better than them, wealthier, famous.
By Morgan Rhianna Bland3 years ago in Fiction
Stepprehension. Runner-Up in the Neolomicro Challenge.
It's the middle of the night, but for you, time is frozen. Your midnight snack run downstairs isn't uncommon, but your current situation certainly is. Your stomach is no longer concerned with tangible things like leftover pizza and fries, and it instead contemplating the very concept of gravity itself as it drops, seemingly far beneath the floor.
By Stephen Walasavage3 years ago in Fiction
