She had a wart on her back that she hated, because she thought it was ugly, and she thought having something as a part of her made her ugly, as well. It was a small, brown, bulbous wart, out of sight except when she observed it in the mirror, and barely noticeable to others. At … Continue reading Wart
Tag: Flash Fiction
Some Men Are Meant for Murder
I wouldn’t say that we have a “military family,” but two members of my family have served in the armed forces: my father, and my mother’s brother. They served during the same time period, in the same country, yet they never knew each other until my father started dating my mother. Despite that, they shared … Continue reading Some Men Are Meant for Murder
Outside
Benji has long had a complex relationship with “outside.” It’s something he has always struggled to put into words, because his feelings don’t fall easily into nice little checked boxes in the way that he categorizes them for most things. That’s the comfortable way, to him, to be able to easily say “I hate mangoes” … Continue reading Outside
That’s Enough
I had a hard time, today, coming up with something coherent to write. Mondays are my hardest days of the week to write, because generally, I've taken two days off of writing at that point and it feels like all the pathways to writing have crusted over a bit in the interim. I started to … Continue reading That’s Enough
Avoidance
Before him is a wall. It is not a wall of brick and mortar, nor a wall of stone, or plaster, or wood. It is a wall of nothing. It has form because he believes it has form. It has substance because he believes it has substance. If forced to describe it, he would say … Continue reading Avoidance
The Book
There is a book from which almost everyone has read. Like every book, there are those who have started it, but have yet to finish (and who may never finish). There are those who have skimmed casually through the whole thing, but failed to absorb the more important details, or who failed to remember them. … Continue reading The Book
Romance Movie
If you’ve read one of those romance novels — mostly teen romance novels, but the trope bleeds through into adult fiction, too — where two main characters believe at once when they meet each other that they’ll fall in love, and by the end of the novel, they end up together; and most of the … Continue reading Romance Movie
Waiting
Yuna spent most of her life waiting. In school, she sat at her desk, trying and failing to listen to her teacher but instead listening to the sound of the clock as it ticked away on the wall, signalling that her time of freedom was inching closer and closer. It wasn’t that she didn’t like … Continue reading Waiting
Homesick
It’s a weird thing, I guess, but I tend to get homesick for this place I’ve never been. There are a lot of places I’ve never been, of course. I mean, there are a lot of places most people have never been, but I feel particularly exceptional in that area. I’ve never really left my … Continue reading Homesick
Maybe (Probably)
Have you ever had a moment in your life, or even a longer time, where you felt like you just weren’t acting like yourself? Maybe you said something you didn’t think you meant, like making a joke about your friend being ugly, or telling another friend you hated their boyfriend even though, really, you didn’t. … Continue reading Maybe (Probably)
Daydreams 