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Flash Fiction

A dark library shelf loaded with old hardcover books, the letters c-h marked down to up, crossed with a wooden ladder.

Night Librarian in the Lower Stacks

Kenny asks me to retrieve books from the lower stacks and it dawns on me that he’s scared, he’s really scared.
By JAKE Sep 6, 2024
An articulated tyrannosaurus skeleton in a museum, among other fossils and recreations.

The Name Of The Buyer Was Not Disclosed

The representative from the auction house made him feel stupid for thinking it would appear at his compound intact, as it first had walked this land some eighty million years ago.
By JAKE Sep 4, 2024
He, Clarius

He, Clarius

... as if tired, falls to the floor and Clarius turns to face the noise, but not his entire body, Clarius is not, like the other patrons...
By JAKE Sep 3, 2024
A biege mixing bowl with a pouring lip, a mix of flour and eggs in it, with a whisk hanging out of it.

Nesting Bowls

I’m not complaining, I love him but also cooking and baking, too, most of all
By JAKE Sep 2, 2024
Troubles

Troubles

The bar had seen more ivory knocked loose than a Zimbabwe poachers convention.
By JAKE Aug 28, 2024
Santa in a city street at night looking down.

Santa

I grabbed a cigarette with sweaty fingers and took my first drag in five years, eleven months and twelve days.
By JAKE Aug 18, 2024
A red bandana left crumpled on the edge of a table.

It Could Happen at Any Moment

No, I persist. I’ve never heard of him, I say, while looking for an exit.
By JAKE Aug 16, 2024

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