Tag Archives: flash fiction
Meet Cute #9: Kyle and Richie Before the Conference / Feb, 13
Hi! This is the beginning of a longer short story I’m working on. Kyle had first communicated with Richie on the “ride share” board for FREDA, the journalism conference they were both attending. “Arriving SEA 4:25 p.m.,” read Kyle’s original post. “Looking to share cab to campus.” He’d posted because he didn’t want to pay […]
Meet Cute #8: Alex and the Mystery Emailer / Feb, 12
I thought it was junk mail at first. The subject line was “Hi there Alex,” which is my name, and because it was in my spam folder surrounded by asterisks and capital letters and promises of great sex, I figured it was one more crazy thing, undeserving of a second glance. Still, I was having […]
Meet Cute #5: The Building and the High-Reach Demolition Excavator / Feb, 07
I was excited when I heard the state was taking down the old Central Cold Storage building downtown. I can see the building from my office, so I thought: Hey, free show. One day, the demolition guys drove a wrecking ball truck to the site. The truck sidled up to the building and the ball hung […]
Meet Cute #3: Ghost Bill and Ghost Rachel / Feb, 05
When I met Rachel — well, officially, at least — I’d been haunting the house much longer than she had. Almost two decades, in fact. I had died in 1970, the year before Rachel was born. My neighbor murdered me when I was a young man of 29. I suppose that’s why I ended up […]