Category: Flash Fiction

  • From my book of flash fiction, The Rug:

    From my book of flash fiction, The Rug:

    Optics The optics were fair. I could tell the deal was going to close. When the outlook was poor, my manager and the CEO stepped back a pace or two from my presentation, in more ways than one, and I felt I was out in the cold. This was a good litmus test for the…

  • A preview from my new Flash Fiction book, The Rug

    A preview from my new Flash Fiction book, The Rug

    Trumpet He blew that horn and staggered across the stage, overwhelmed by the rhythm of the drums and the bass. Gregory Burkinder was a veteran trumpet player, entrenched in the jazz tradition, who loved his art with everything he had. The bartender took a clean, damp cloth, and wiped the counter clean. There was little…