Flash Fiction Books

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.

An older couple's conversation while in a Munising, Michigan restaurant. A recent accidental death and a store robbery are discussed. The man begins to feel his sanity is being 'taken away'.