Category: Flash Fiction

Following Advice

A group of elephants, wisest of the beasts, wanted a leader and asked the Wise Old Elephant what to do.  She asked why they could not make their own decision.  They did not understand her response and created a King. The Rhinos said don’t do it, but the elephants would not listen. He was not […]

Turning The Other Cheek

Martin was a regular fellow.  Unfortunately, people ignored him and his ideas, hurting his feelings.  He always turned the other cheek.  His turning the cheek was not based on any religious belief.  It felt demeaning.  He needed an alternative.  Eventually Martin had artificial cheeks implanted.    The new cheeks looked like his real cheeks–but now when […]

Sleeping Through Life

Simon worked hard.  Work was his entire life.  He loved it, was good at it, was widely respected.  He did not mind he had no partner, no family.  What he did mind was being asleep.  He could not work while asleep.  He lost time–and resented that.    As he aged, his body asked for more sleep […]

Emily Dickinson Hated Submitting

Emily Dickinson hated submitting.  It was demeaning, ill fitting.  She wrote for herself and felt no need for her work to be judged by others.  But.  By her sixties she had many poems sitting unknown on her shelves and now believed people should read them.  She had to get her work published.  Yet Emily Dickinson […]

What Should I Tell My Daughter?

I have a daughter of two—just reaching out to people.  What should I tell her about relationships?  About how to be with people?  What might she tell me as an adult?  I needed to know, so being an experienced astroelectrician, I designed and built a time machine (in my basement, near the pool table.)  One […]