Flash Fiction Friday 2023 – Week 48
Flash Fiction Friday continues in 2023. New pieces appear every Friday on my Patreon throughout the year. The minimum pledge to read them before anyone else is $3 per month. and the number of pieces available is tied to the monthly pledge total so the more you support my efforts, the more you’ll get to read. Find out what they’re all about and check out some excerpts from this week’s update in this post.
Eternity Stands With Her
Damian was seeing things. Dark things. Strange messages from the abyss. Whether they were real visions of a forsaken past trying to haunt him or figments of a hyperactive imagination unraveling upon itself, he didn’t know. His beliefs and those of his psychiatrist were completely different, a fact that became even clearer the more he talked about them. At one point, tired of the old man’s meanderings that seemed to suggest he was going slightly mad, he stopped opening up about what was bothering him, and the sessions ended shortly after. It was simultaneously the best and the worst decision of his life.
With no one to talk to except his drinking buddies who valued beer above the quandaries of a troubled mind, Damian became a shadow of his former self, distant and paranoid, and fearing every moment he spent with his eyes open. The impossible images were always there, speaking in tongues, and whispering unearthly delights that were too good to be true.
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Everything Is Lame
The plot was nonsensical, the CGI was beyond atrocious, and the score comprised only two melodies played in different tempos depending on the gravity of the scene. Superheroes movies were getting worse by the minute but at least the main character was hot.
“Look at that thick booty!” Peter declared, a bowl of salted caramel popcorn resting between his legs. “Whoever designed her costume is a fucking genius!”
“Is that all you think about?” Harry asked, visibly perturbed by his inappropriate comments. It was already bad enough to endure the world of comics on a big screen, let alone his sexually charged observations.
“No, but given what we’re seeing here… She’s not going to win any acting awards, you know?”
(…)
Go To Sleep
The pocket watch swung back and forth, back and forth, and Eric followed it without hesitation. It was getting so hard to keep his eyes open.
“Tired… so very exhausted…” Marge cooed. “How many hours did you work last week? Sixty? Seventy? It’s no wonder your body is practically begging to be allowed to rest, but still you linger on. Who are you trying to impress? Stop! Stop fighting the need for sleep that will only do you good. You want to go to bed. You will do it for me.”
“I can’t…” he muttered, sitting at his desk. He still had a report to finish, and all his e-mails to go through. Working from home in the last year had only made him lose track of time more easily. He was always on the clock, and so was his brain.
(…)
Kinky as Fuck
Johanna Carruthers was a patient woman. As a kindergarten teacher, she had to be for kids are kids and they often do things that grate on adult’s nerves without being aware of it. She was good at her job and was loved by everyone who got to know her, parents included. She was thirty-three years old, still had the energy of someone half her age, and could brag to the world she was doing what she loved. Every day was a good day and nothing could bring her down.
Enter Melissa Zimmer, a single mother of twins whose primary pastime was to seduce every woman she deemed attractive. A pharmacist by heart and trade, she had been a closeted lesbian until her twenty-first birthday. The day she had her first alcoholic drink as a legal adult also marked the discovery of her true self. and a parade of conquests beyond rhyme or reason.
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