Category: Short Story
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Hell’s Kitchen
Editor’s note: This latest piece was inspired by a recent round of doing dishes and humming this famous tune from Ben-Hur as the slaves rowed to the beat of the drum. This is otherwise an unedited first draft. -KtE One moment Dale was driving down the highway on a dark night, humming the wrong lyrics…
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Auroras
Editor’s note: This brief flash item is not meant to be structured with plot or characters, but serve as a brief scribbling I enjoyed conjuring while thinking about the Northern Lights as the sun went down this afternoon. -KtE The fire raged onward in the night, sending sparks upward into the stars. A boy stared…
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All-Full Waffle
A diner that remains stuck in time remains a mystery, but the waffles are worth the trip.
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The Showdown
Editor’s note: This brief item was inspired by true events as described by my niece. – KtE Stella’s afternoon walk around the block was one of her absolute favorite times of the day since the red-haired human took her on a walk around the block. She waited by the door for the human to come…
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Pieces of You
Somewhere in Polk County is a person without their leftover cake. Was it a birthday that didn’t turn out as expected? A moment of forgetfulness when getting into a waiting car? So many questions are left unanswered. Naturally my mind wandered into the possibilities. The students lined up along the heavy tables in the library…
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Mason Dixon
Note: The following is not a coherent story in the sense that it has a point of any kind, more of a longer flash-style character sketch that popped into my head over the past weeks after I got a haircut and decided to briefly shave my chin beard but leave the mustache. It left me…
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The Scenario
Note: This item is an extra story as part of The Long View’s first episode, Casus Belli. A guy like Staff Sgt. Ryan Chavez felt lucky to do the thing he was about to do. Luckier still to be on solid ground, though only showing his nervousness about flying with a rub of his thick…
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A Christmas Surprise
Note: This item originally appeared on Fictionaut, and then ran in the Polk Standard Journal one Christmas season in parts on the Editorial page in order to fill space during a particularly busy year. It is slightly autobiographical, written when my mother was buying toys for family members one holiday season. -KtE Bobby sat on…
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The smell of cold
A clear, starry night was the gift bestowed upon Rebecca when she stepped outside to take a phone call at dinner. It wasn’t what she came out for – the atmosphere inside was now stuffy and she needed the air – but it helped calm her down. She hit end on the screen only a…
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Bloodsport
In honor of the Cedartown win on Friday night in the quarterfinals that secured them a Final Four trip for the first time since 2001, here is a flash fiction piece I originally published on Fictionaut in 2010. Go Dawgs The men lined up, their armor glinting in the limelight as the throngs of crazed…