Flash+Fiction

  **Flash Fiction** is a tiny little smear of somebody’s reality that makes the reader stop and think, “Huh?” or laugh or better yet think, “Now that would make a good novel!”


 * In general**, flash fiction is short short short. There’s no official rule, but most flash-fiction pieces are fewer than 1,000 words—and sometimes only 10 or 20 words!

The small light in the library blinked. 'I must print fast,' I thought, turning on the computer. I typed my ID number and my password. I took out my flashdrive and plugged it in to the computer. I only had four minutes left. I clicked on my homework and waited for it to open. I had one minute left. When the file opened, the light in the library blinked as the late bell rang outside of the library. -Seul Ki

 In the early morning, I was jogging in the park and noticed people were staring at me. Wondering why, I just ignored them and did my own thing. Suddenly, a stranger came up to me and gave me a small mirror with a naughty smile. I looked inside, and saw my face full with ugly drawings and crayon. --Teri

 The mud splashed onto my legs as I ran in the pouring rain. When I looked up, I wasn't cautious and I tripped and landed on the rocky ground. --Primrose

 I stood there in my dirty, torn dress smelling raw flesh. The chains of the shackles rattled. I grew closer and closer to the crowd; they were laughing at all the slaves being killed. I put my neck on the blood stained block, listening to scraping sound of the blade being sharpened. --Jasmin

The man was gently sleeping in his bed. He thought of how he was flying up in the sky, lying down on the clouds of the daylight sky. Suddenly he woke up to a rough breeze running over his face. He wasn't in his bed anymore. He could see all the buildings growing bigger as he moved closer and closer. --Jorden

 "Eat this. It's chocolate," the group of friends recommended sweetly. The group of friends giggled quietly. Although I was suspicious of them, I tasted the dark, brown substance in the silver foil. I regretted my actions because the 'chocolate' was actually a brown squishy eraser. --Joanne

Kids spilled out of the classrooms when they heard the bell ring. Some searched for familiar faces, some stood alone, some headed to the bathroom. I sat quietly by myself, my stomach growling. --Tess

 It was Sunday. I got into the elevator to go downtown and meet my friends. I realized that the elevator wasn't moving. I hadn’t pressed any buttons. --Steven

I didn't know what time it was. All I knew was that I had to run as fast as I could. My legs screamed in pain; [AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH] my lungs burning, trying to grab hold of as much air as they could. The sound of foot steps behind me grew louder and heavier. It was dark. I blindly searched for an exit. --Bright

 As people walked out of their classrooms to break, I saw some rushing for a drink of water and to the bathrooms. --Nimanee

__The Man and The Tree__ He was hyped up on caffeine and wouldn’t stop running. He kept running and running until he ran into a tree --Philip

 As I stepped out of the torture chamber, the alarm went off and prisoners ran out of their cells and headed for freedom. That was the beginning of the new world. --BongJae

 He was running, running as fast as the wind. The cool breeze blew across him. The dense forest was beautiful with its many colors. He felt very good; he was going to make it. A tree. He wasn’t running anymore. --Parijat

 The boat was flooding. All of the food was gone. Tanya was running around frantically until she found a few cans of baked beans and a life jacket in a small wooden cupboard. --Kaumudi

 "Disappointment" I was feeling sick and I badly wanted to go home and fall asleep. I looked at the clock expecting it to be 2:05, but it was only 9:30 in the morning. --Neomi.

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace"> “Basketball Game” 10 seconds until the game ends. We are tied. I got the offensive rebound and passed it to my teammate. He missed, and it was the end of the game. We tied the other team. --Kevin

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif"> It was finally break. I had been sitting in class for two hours dying of thirst. As soon as the bell rang, I bolted out of the room and sprinted for the water fountain. Right as I was about to get my rink, someone got in front of me and it was too late because the bell had already rang. --Arianna

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif"> He noticed everybody laughing at him after doing the splits. --Christon

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> He was walking by when I kicked him in the stomach. The kick was for my wallet he stole two days ago. Blood rose to his face and he swung a punch back at me. The punch was harder than the kick I gave him, much harder actually. I was trying to blink back the tears that had formed in my eyes when I noticed a strict looking teacher glaring at the two of us. --Petra

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> Yay! I'm hydrated now thought Kevin as he got a drink from the water fountain. --Daniel <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif">After spending a while in the bathroom, I realized that there wasn’t any toilet paper. --Intouch

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif">//I wonder how long it will be before the earth runs out of clean water//, I thought to myself as I watched my classmates take a drink from the water fountain. --Amy

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif"> It went by so fast. Everyone laughed and talked, but as always there wasn't enough time. In a flash my friends said good bye and went back to their classes. --Nirma

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> The fog rose from the sea blocking his face from others. The man walked off the ship to the port slowly with the fishy smell still all over his coat. As the fog cleared, his face was on view for all: Captain James Cook. --Art

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif"> A young, university woman got on a crowded, public bus on a rainy day with a wallet in her purse. At that moment, she didn't realize anything, but her purse was cut and the wallet was gone. --Pichaporn

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> There were fifteen seconds till the match ended; Lia was almost there. Just before the whistle blew, Lia kicked the ball towards the goal. Unfortunately it hit the post and rolled away. --Divya <span style="font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,monospace"> A tiny dot that had little life left was coming up the desert. As soon as it found the oasis, it started to use all its remaining power running to it. Soon a large sound was heard and the camel wasn’t seen. --SY <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">There were two men fighting for the food because they were homeless people. They were so tired because they fought for so long. They then realized that they should find new jobs instead fighting, so they stopped and became friends. --Nutt

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif"> I was in the choir show, singing a song. My voice was louder than the others and I was singing normally but people were singing a different song. The audiences were staring at me strangely. --Sayaka