Flash Fiction
A
Many Worlds View and the Life of a Mouse
By Richard Tornello
You've heard of
Schrodinger's cat, but what about... Schrodinger's mouse?
Breaking
the Cycle
By Ed Sullivan
For top secret agent
Alan Tribeca, defeating his arch nemesis was routine. He just had to
wait for Dr. Tenricvh to reveal his evil plan, and then a solution
would present itself, or so he thought.
Crack
of Doom
By Charles E.J. Moulton
He was about to travel
again and continue his search for the woman who was hiding somewhere in
time.
Fill
the Hunger
By David Ulnar-Slew
He had stalked his prey
for months; she was equisite. Tonight would be the night.
Flies
By Roy Dorman
Andy Lofton had never
seen anything like it. The flies were everywhere. Millions and billions
of flies.
Haute
Cuisine
By David Ulnar-Slew
Every year the exclusive
and reclusive Dark Dinner Club admitted only thirteen members. Every
month four names were drawn. The first three got to eat...
Hullabaroo
By Kim Trotto
Redesigned kangaroos had
eliminated the need for expensive robots in contaminated areas. They
were even cheaper than humans.
It
All Works Out in the End
By Ed Sullivan
Venus was great. There
was only one little catch, the Venusian tapeworm.
It
Gets Worse
By David Ulnar-Slew
He looked into the wall
of grey-green ripples as he fell. He expected the water to end it all.
Karma
Cleansing
By Ed Sullivan
Ed said he looked to our
inaugural flash challenge for the inspiration for this story. An
expression of love between two speculative fiction characters, a golden
Buddha idol...
No
Dogs Allowed
By Victor Henry
In the most exclusive
restaurant in the entire universe, no dogs are allowed.
Silence
the Crows
By Ed Sullivan
The avatar, a little
blonde girl of about seven, waited for Mr. Andrews in the stark white
void.
Singularity
By Botond Teklesz
Drunk and high, Thomas
Koepke struggled to complete an online IQ test, and then his mind
wandered.
The
Hole Story
By Ed Sullivan
"Why are you down in
that pit?" the hiker asked. "I fell in," the voice said.
The Aphelion Flash Fiction Contest
We run a monthly flash fiction contest in the "Fun and Games"
folder in Aphelion's forum. In the contest we post a challenge with a
specific theme and participants write a flash story based on
the challenge guidelines. The contest is a great
place to hone your writing skills, meet some fellow writers, receive
some feedback, and possibly win a prize. New participants are always
welcome. Submissions for the contest
are done through the forum. Flash stories from all of our previous
contest challenges are archived in the forum as well. Over 500 stories
are included in our archive. To start reading some of these great flash
stories,
check out either Index
1
or Index
2.
Results of the Aphelion Flash Fiction Contest for
July
2014
Congratulations to Michele Dutcher, winner of the Two Heads
Laugh Better Than One Challenge. Click HERE
to read her winning story, "The Muse."
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