The man fixed the clock and hung it on the wall. By noon it had gained three hours. By evening it had gained twenty years. By midnight he smiled and thanked the clock for one last dance with his wife.
flash fiction
40 Words Friday: No. 23
The explorers found a planet with oceans, forests, and cities, but no inhabitants. Every building still contained evidence of ordinary lives. Their final discovery was a message carved into stone: We left because something here was beginning to remember us.
40 Words Friday: No. 22
He slid onto the stool beside her, catching the unnatural red glow in her eyes.
“Hey, gorgeous. Buy you a drink?”
A smile curled across her lips.
“Depends,” she purred. “Are you offering me one… or volunteering to be one?”
40 Words Friday: No. 21
“Astraea,” he said, so slowly and breathtakingly that Astraea bit down on her lip to keep from saying something stupid like, “You say it so lovely. Say it again.” He rolled her name around before adding, “What a beautiful name.”
