I didn’t have enough time to practice with my sword,” Arthur said, looking with dejection at the flopping piece of cardboard in his hand. “When it came up against your awesome dragon costume, it had really zero chance.” “It’s okay,” Millicent said, removing the cardboard from her head. “There is still time to fix it before…
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Featured Short-Short – February, 2021
This Month’s featured Short-Short is the winning entry for round #129 of the Angry Hourglass flash fiction competition. SISTERSby J. R. Nichols Laughing, we jostle into Katja’s living room with our shopping bags. She drops hers. She is not laughing anymore. I turn to see what she does – two embracing figures. One is Katja’s husband. The…
Featured Drabble – January, 2021
Slow, No Wakeby, J. R. Nichols The girls and I were enjoying a peaceful day at the beach when he showed up. Ever the hero, he launched his daughters into the water from sunburned shoulders, and allowed them to bury him in the sand. Meanwhile, I struggled to turn sandwiches for three into lunch for four….
Featured Short-Short – January, 2021
“The first time you hear their screams is always the hardest,” she told me. “Or so I’ve heard. None of mine have ever screamed. But, if it happens to you, don’t let it get to you; it’s just the air releasing from the inside the bugs.” “Quit calling them ‘bugs’, Jenny,” I said. “Or I…
