Flash Fiction

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Image by Foobean01, edits by me Lily arrived by accident one day, a dark haired doll among a box of blonde angels, and Mrs McGarry had never quite known what to do with her. For a time, Lily had shared a shelf with them, and late at night after the shop was closed, she’d tried […]

Image by johnnyberg. Edits by me. Roll up, roll up, we got the best o’ the worst in ‘ere! Roll up! Yes, you sir, and you madam, come this way ‘n see the weirdest ‘n wonderfullest o’ God’s creations. We got the Bearded Lady, the most beautiful woman in Christendom, with a beard fit for […]

It is early November. The trees huddle in copses, their leaves ablaze in hues of copper and gold for a final fanfare. Creeping mist crawls across the moor, reaching to the heavens to meet the leaden sky in an endless sea of grey. The harsh call of a solitary crow pierces the silence but I […]

At 1:53am, the shadow of Edith Warfield woke up. It had only ever been dimly aware of the world as it brushed up against daily life, dragging along a pavement here, or bumping into a table there. Yet for the first time, the shadow could see. Dust motes danced in the weak moonbeams that sneaked […]

Aaron Thompson ‏@wunderkind54 4dGoing out tonight, people! Anyone else about? Aaron Thompson ‏@wunderkind54 4dClub so boring. Leaving early. Laterrrrsssss! Aaron Thompson ‏@wunderkind54 4dMaybe I’m paranoid but sure someone’s following me. Helena Thompson @pretty_n_pink 4dGoing to St Mary’s. @wunderkind54 has been brought in. Helena Thompson @pretty_n_pink 3dCan’t believe @wunderkind54 is gone. Love you and miss you, bro. RIP. […]