The music continues to play again and again. A single phrase, repeating. Get ready.

The coffee pot broke this morning. It was the final straw.

She even tried to spin her tires and splash her brother with a cold puddle, but her little Yaris didn’t have a spiteful bolt in its body.

...black sludge broke through the earth and bubbled up at the bottom of the scar.

All three mercenaries carried themselves warily, like they were used to mistrust.

The real treasures were under the bed, hidden away. Books. Some with pictures, some just text, but all of them full of worlds.

This vampire is not the pale gothic waif from the 90s that you expect.

I was announced the winner of a short story contest I'd submitted to back in April!

I thought the mindless content would bore me to sleep, but the overly enthusiastic voice of Billy Mays only spiked my adrenaline.

Tutoring Services is a flash fiction piece by KR Holton, published for Flash Fiction First Friday in April 2024.

There was an old book on one of the back shelves in the library. One of the high-up shelves that the geriatric janitor didn’t bother with an

FFFF is a challenge to write, post, and read flash fiction on the first Friday of every month.

When Erin’s watch gave a meager beep as it struck four p.m., she swept all of her things off her desk and into her tote bag.

She didn’t outright pour away the tea, though. That was a good sign. She probably could have taken my eye out if she’d thrown the saucer.

Ahead, an intersection was crowned with traffic signal jewels—their glow distorted with heat shimmers. The intersection itself was an eight-