Flash Fiction Books

Two longtime, though forever competitive, 50-something American friends meet for a weekend of golf in Roaring Gap, NC (in the Blue Ridge Mountains). The weather is perfect. What could ever go wrong? And, what was on the back of that World War 2 postcard?

A divorced father takes his teenage son and daughter up to a remote cabin in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, where he wants to tell them something very important about his - and their - future. But a present moment intervenes, and everything forever changes.

The amazing one in the Big Apple, Al Nino, calls the pain-ridden, lowly author on New Year's Eve (2018), and launches a zinger-filled inquisition in reference to two bizarre dreams. Are they linked? To whom or what?

A widower in Charlotte (NC, USA) comes up with an unusual 'wall art project' that involves a game of chance, which he shares with an old friend over lunch. Will he live to see the 'golden goal' scored?

Sheldon Guberman’s troublesome ex-wife, Myra, has just resurfaced along with a Lebanese woman with a predilection for proverbs. As the saying goes, ‘old age ain’t for sissies’.

A young Filipina on a small island has oddly spaced eyes. She is made fun of by her classmates. But then one day the tables turn in her favor. Rating: G (ok for all ages).

The author has a random conversation with a school teacher from Michigan at a craft-beer bar/store in downtown Morganton (NC, USA) on an autumn afternoon. The answer to the final question was hiding behind a submerged granite boulder. Autobiographical. The dialogue is almost verbatim.

A fired-for-unscrupulous-behavior bank employee decides to start a church in Atlanta. Money soon rolls in. Life is good. What could possibly go wrong?Approx. 1600 words. Probable rating: PG-13 (some foul language).

James is a naive father who is desperate to make his daughter’s favorite holiday, Halloween, extra special. Realizing that his collection of decor is lack-luster, he decides to go on the hunt for something truly terrifying. He thinks he found the perfect hanging skeleton to scare anyone to...

Two young soldiers - an American specialist and a Romanian guard - are assigned an environmental task in southeastern Afghanistan in 2009. The area is very dangerous; Taliban attacks have recently occurred. Who will be 'the soldier'? Loosely based on something a vet relayed to the author.