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Something's Off (a 500-word freaky flash fiction horror story) by Oren Shafir
Is it my conscience telling me to do something with my life? Choose a path other than the easiest one for a change? A compromise becomes a little white lie, which becomes a deception, which becomes a way of life. Pretty soon, even I don’t know what is real and what is not.
Reality. One for my family whom I never see any more anyway, and when I do, they get this simple 2-dimensional version. One for work and friends, all casual, nothing deep. The moments with Junie feel most real. I mean the momen...
October 12, 2020
Setting Momma Free (a 500-word freaky flash fiction horror story) by Oren Shafir
(Originally published in issue 7 of the Heavy Glow print anthology in 2006)
Momma was bleeding from her head around the left eyebrow. But as usual, Derek made her sit in her chair at the kitchen table. He'd go out and come back with the key that he kept in the bottom drawer of the desk in his study. Same place he kept his whiskey. I knew cause I snuck in and drank some once. Just enough to see what it was like, but not enough that he'd notice. Then, he'd come back with the key and open the glass ...
Momma was bleeding from her head around the left eyebrow. But as usual, Derek made her sit in her chair at the kitchen table. He'd go out and come back with the key that he kept in the bottom drawer of the desk in his study. Same place he kept his whiskey. I knew cause I snuck in and drank some once. Just enough to see what it was like, but not enough that he'd notice. Then, he'd come back with the key and open the glass ...
