Microfiction

Through the Trees
Her heart pounds. Stray branches whip into her arms as she runs past them. Tripping down the uneven path, her breath comes out ragged. Panic flutters under her ribs as the forest around her darkens.
By Abby Jacobsen3 years ago in Fiction
A New Way
The Newark, Delaware based business saw its next product roll off the company floor. It was a nuclear powered automobile that floated via anti-gravity.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Fiction
Is this a Sign?
Of all the ways that Grant Singley could have brought his mind to anything he invented a simple figure. It was the dollar sign that had souble strokes. The difference was that he made the symbol horizontal.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Fiction
A Test Gone Wrong
She liked him a lot but he never made a first move. She suspected he liked her too. One day she pulled her courage, called him and said she had two tickets to Hamilton. He was excited as the tickets were impossible to get.
By Lana V Lynx3 years ago in Fiction
Leaving Dover
He found ecstasy less than an hour away. From Dover, Delaware to Wilminton, Delaware. He went from the Dover Air Force Base to a skyscraper downtown. The color of teakwood, he made his ascension from an officer in the Air Force to being chief technology officer in an AI firm.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Fiction
Speaking Eminence
He isn't very fragile... He possesses a lot of time to be greater... His love is gratifying... No worries Can define him.
By HandsomelouiiThePoet (Lonzo ward)3 years ago in Fiction
The Creep Will Get You
The Creep Will Get You Those words in vibrant green on the side of the jazz club, the cathedral, the mall and his own house, haunted Detective Inspector Mike Shipley.
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Fiction
Straight Outta School
This marked the first semester that all schools from pre-K to PhD would be completely untouched by the government. Federal, state, and local schools, colleges and universities would no longer be threatened by the State.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Fiction
Dai ichi no tachi
History changes course. Calmly, Oda groomed himself as honor dictated. Before sunset, another conquest would be complete.
By Matthew J. Fromm3 years ago in Fiction
Ryan's Dream
"Don't you dare say you love me" – Danni retorted inconsolably. They had been arguing for hours that morning. "What do you want me to say? That's how I feel" Ryan reasoned.
By Paul Stewart3 years ago in Fiction
Pleasant Valley Road
In Newark, Delaware, Kaxton Seale, lifted up his sweat-drenched head. He finished his plans for making a private roadway system. And no, the roads didn’t go to dead ends. He knew those nonsensical ideals would fade from the minds of the populace. He started on Pleasant Valley Road in his hometown. It branched out across the state then the country and all of North America.
By Skyler Saunders3 years ago in Fiction
Lessons on Love
”I am a rock, I am an island.” I identified with Simon and Garfunkel’s lyrics so thoroughly that I believed my poetry and my books were all I needed. But then you swam my channel and invaded my island. Together we tore down my fortress and built a chateau. You made me remember that passion and excitement are real, not just words in my memory. I’ve traded my shroud of snow for one of burial. Thank you, Zaroff. You taught me that love isn’t the most dangerous game you can play. Welcome to my Ship-Trap.
By Lisa Geiger3 years ago in Fiction