Tag: Flash Fiction

Fiddler’s Pie

In 2019, The World Of Myth Magazine published my short story “Fiddlers Pie,” a funny piece about a pie-baking witch and her consort. They made a living by putting a spell on tourists after they ate free pie, forcing them to dance and do their bidding for seven years. This is one of my favorite pieces and the first published…

Calming Chaos

What if you went out for a jog after work. A man jumps from the shadows and attempts to mug you… or worse. While on a date with a “nice man,” you discover he put something in your drink. A woman alone driving a nice car becomes vulnerable after dark – for no reason. In my short story “Calming Chaos,”…

Cosmopolis

My short story was inspired by the photo prompt provided by Beth and Bob, event hosts for GTBN – Good To Be Nerds on Meetup.com. The story sounds like an advertisement for a high-tech place to live but things turn dark towards the end. The Sentient Technological Entity version 1, or simply Stev-1 hovered over a street corner of the…