Reader’s Choice selection from DMC’s flash fiction group, Friday Frights. by Jeffrey Hollar: Legal Disclaimer: As the attorney of record and chief executor of the estate of one, Zigismund Abraham Zapperstein, herein after referred to by his stage name of Ziggy Zapp [...]
by Gerardo Delgadillo: Eric Lom hated writing. That’s a bad thing if you write for a living. He ran a hand through his hair, focusing on the computer, hovering the mouse over the “Documents” folder. He clicked it and drummed the [...]
by Duke Droste: The neon palm stood out to him as Jack drove southbound on the four-lane thoroughfare. He knew it existed, but it never offered him more than a fleeting curiosity. When he returned the same way north, it [...]
by Nathan Pettigrew: Roland brought the saw down to her waistline, breathing in, breathing out; he couldn’t calm down. The fact that he was even breathing in the presence of Sophia’s body was the very definition of insult to injury. [...]
by Don F. Muchow: The heavy gray clouds hung low and seemed to close in around the weary man as he picked his way up the barren hill toward the lone landmark, a small stone structure. March winds pelted him now [...]
by Emily Nakanishi: It was upon my return home to my family estate that this most woeful and disgraceful tale unfolded. I had gotten word a month earlier that my father had passed away after a sudden and violent sickness, [...]
by Gerardo Delgadillo: Halloween slaps Kalvin’s mind hard, a reminder of life minus ten. His nightmare started when he found out Melly, the hottest girl in the universe, was attending college’s Halloween party, so he rushed out and hopped into his [...]
by Rick McQuiston: Scotty took a step back and gazed at his creation. It was his own personal space, off- limits to everyone, including his wife Janine- especially his wife. He had the only key, the only means of entry. He would [...]
by J.L. Petty: “Do I sound familiar? Do you recognize my voice?” The masked woman pressed the gun hard up against my cheek. She was wearing a black turtle neck and her face was covered with a black hanker chief. [...]