Category: Flash Fiction
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AMAZONIA
5th July 1592 We continue to follow De Orellana. The river seems to be endless. It has been seven months since we set out. Today we were attacked by a group of savages. Without a common language took us for enemies. They hurled sharpened rocks as we fled back to the boat. It was not the men that…
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WAR CRIME
Snowflakes glistened, falling through the electric light. A blanket of innocence covering sin. The same as that night in Kabul. The funeral had been mercifully brief. Another of the unit was gone, only I remained. Still no one suspected me. The Military Court said we were innocent. I knew differently. I still see her pleading…
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CHASING PAPER DRAGONS
Lucas finished folding the paper dragon and added it to the pile in the middle of the empty room. Three hundred and sixty-five paper dragons. Three hundred and sixty-five days since he had last chased the dragon. A whole year clean. Three hundred and sixty-five days since Angie had chased the dragon too hard and…
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TOKYO STORY
Shūkichi and Tomi waved to their son and daughter as they got into the taxi ‘A pleasant visit,’ Tomi said to her husband when they were on the train back to Onomichi in the countryside. ‘They are both doing well in their careers.’ ‘Hai,’ Shūkichi nodded. ‘And such a lovely apartment they live in. So high up.’…
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FADING STAR
Olivia Hildebrand drained the bottle of beer. She took a long drag on a cigarette and stubbed it out on her expensive Armani dress. She tripped, one of her Gucci heels had broken, and landed on the ground. She looked up at the Hollywood sign looming brightly over her. ‘This is how it ends then.’ She stared at her…
Iain Kelly 