Flash fiction: The disappearing act
Today was the day she would disappear. She’d rehearsed it so many times in her head, so many iterations, so many variables. For many nights she had laid awake, thinking about all that could go wrong, and what was needed to make it go right. After all, what could she say about small towns? They could be stifling and it was no place to be keeping a secret. When she heard that the festival was coming through, she knew what it represented. Their tiny town’s population would doubl
Flash fiction: The tea party
The guests all straightened up in their seats. The Princess had lost her temper, and now, as she re-entered the room, composed again, they were all resolute that nothing would get in the way of them all enjoying her “very pleasant tea party”. Prince Rupert turned to the Marchioness, commenting on the beauty of the countryside at this time of year, and offering her some cucumber sandwiches from the platter which had landed in front of him when all the fuss began. On the other
Flash fiction: Dusty
“I wonder what it looked like in space with all those balloons.” “What? Oh yes.” Distractedly, Mona did up the last small button on his pyjamas. She looked at him, staring momentarily at his unblemished young skin and clear eyes. Taking him in. Trying to store this memory, this moment in time. Koby was so curious lately, thinking more widely about the world, asking such lovely questions. “The balloons, that people let go of… I wonder what it looks like with them all floating
