Flash Fiction Stories

Love to read, but hate that doom scrolling has ruined your attention span? Don’t have the energy to read all thirty-seven books in “Time Consumers: The Long-Winded Saga”? Try flash fiction! Meet a character, watch them solve a problem, and achieve deep emotional catharsis, all in fewer than 1,000 words!

These stories are in a variety of genres and lengths. For those of you with only thirty seconds to spare, there are some sci-fi adventures in only a hundred words! Enjoy!

Don’t care about the genre? Browse my latest flash fiction posts here.

Flash Fiction Horror Stories:

• Tiny Scares: Horror Flash Fiction – Looking for something creepy to read, but don’t have time for a novel? Here is a collection of horror flash fiction with over a dozen tiny scares.
• Zipper – A man gets out of the shower and discovers something strange on the back of his neck: a zipper. What secrets hide under his skin?
• The Bunker – A woman discovers an old bunker under her house. She lets her young son handle buying the emergency supplies. After all, they’re not going to need it, right..?

Flash Fiction Science Fiction Stories:

• Tiny Sci-Fi: Science Fiction Stories in 250 Words – Want to escape into another world, but only have two minutes to spare? I’ve got you covered. Here is a collection of super short science fiction stories in 250 words.
• Even Tinier Sci-Fi: Science Fiction Stories in 100 Words – Craving science fiction adventure, but only have thirty seconds to spare? I’ve got you covered. You don’t need a thousand pages to tell a great story. Here is a collection of science fiction stories in 100 words, perfect for busy readers.
• Space Operative – The absurd space opera adventures of Captain Eric Adair and his scientist sidekick Amy.
• The Window Woman – A man becomes obsessed with a woman he always sees on his walk to work, but quickly regrets it.
• Stranded on Europa – In this space travel science story, a man wins a mind transfer vacation, but his trip home doesn’t turn out like he planned. Can he ever get back to Earth?
• The Hole in the Wall – A young boy discovers a hole in the wall of his new bedroom, and something watching from the other side. Could it be a new friend?
• Happy Forever – A programmer with depression discovers that hacking your own brain is a bad idea, no matter how happy it makes you.
• Dream Small – A lab assistant attempts to help his boss with a shrink ray. But why is she experimenting on herself?

Flash Fiction Fantasy Stories:

• The Arcane Adventures of Raz Solomon – Raz Solomon is a threshold mage charged with settling disputes between worlds. These flash fiction urban fantasy tales feature ghosts, goblins, and more.
• On Second Thought, Becoming A Mystical Orb Was A Poor Career Choice – It’s hard to predict the future when your mystical orb won’t cooperate.
• The Not-So-Great Porter – An elderly magician struggles to adapt to an ever-changing world.

Looking for more to read? I have science fiction stories, fantasy stories, and horror stories galore for you to enjoy.