Length: Micro Fiction

Duty

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I don’t want to do this anymore. The first time, it was a grandma. She was old and her heart stopped beating and that happens to old grandmas. The family was crying, but they were supposed to cry and they weren’t my family. The second time, it was a dad. He wasn’t so old and … Read more

Truth Be Told

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Auggie looked at the boy suspiciously. “What do you have to say for yourself?” “I don’t know what you mean, sir.” His red coat was faded from the long Virginia summer. “The hell you don’t. I walked outside this morning and found my favorite fruit tree hugging the grass.” “The one near the Rappahannock River? … Read more

Thicker Than Water

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It really was a thing of beauty. A fountain of clear water, spurting cold and clean, the sunlight scattering every which way. Even when it hit the blood—bright red arterial pulsing—the solar illumination was a picture waiting to be captured. Ansel Adams would have made millions. Stunning as the clear fountain was, I was drawn … Read more

Zero Instead

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Atlas walked into the pharmacy, head down, steps hurried. The fluorescent buzz of ancient ballasts lit the towel around most of his lower left arm, held in place by his upper right hand. The drips were visible until they hit the gray carpet, where they disappeared among the STDs, shoe gum, and hooker vomit. It … Read more