Flash Fiction #3

A Bug's Life

After an hour's nap filled with awful dreams, the cockroach woke up to find he had turned into a man. "How dreadful," he remarked, and flailed his arms and legs in an effort to turn onto his chest. "How frail and useless these things are," he said, and continued to knock himself about until, by accident, he rolled off the top of the dresser and fell to the floor, snapping his neck. "Outrageous," he thought as he died.

 (My submission to the Esquire Short Fiction Contest.)

Flash Fiction #2

Western Union

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MACK

(In response to this flash fiction challenge.)

Flash Fiction #1

Who Help Themselves

The bishop limped along the garden path, privately damning his luck. "Where did I put that blasted thing?" He sank to the bench beneath his bedroom window, removed his shoe and poked the blister on his heel. "Shouldn't have paced all night..." Relaxing a moment, the bishop caught the scent of flowers, shaded his eyes and turned to examine some ivy blossoms. Something silver glinted near the cathedral wall. "That's where I dropped it." He pocketed the child's comb. "Who'd have imagined the cardinal had a daughter?" The bishop chuckled at his deviousness and set out to demand his due.

(In response to this flash fiction challenge.)