Flash fiction

Paulina Jakimowicz
Gift

It all happened so fast, I couldn't stop it. It started one day while I was working at home. My son came up to me and told me to make him a mask. I was busy, but he started crying, and ever since his mom and my wife died five months ago, I promised myself I would make...

Bartosz Bem   Disbeliever

Bartosz Bem
Disbeliever

  After a long and exhausting journey, I have finally reached my destination; after all, I could not miss the chance of going to the last remaining item on the list of “Top 10 haunted places in the United States,” as published by Black Cat magazine. Nine out of...

Zuzanna Czubacka    Insomnia

Zuzanna Czubacka
Insomnia

It took him many hours to fall asleep that night. There was a feeling of uneasiness that he just couldn’t explain. Perhaps he was too conscious of his surroundings. The air was just... too stuffy. The old windows rattled with each gust of wind. Their relentless...

Sandra Jakubowska   Safe Haven

Sandra Jakubowska
Safe Haven

At first, all that I could hear was just some beeping. Irregular beeping which to all intends and purposes never stopped. It seemed like it had been beeping for weeks, perhaps even months. I didn’t know where it was coming from or what was making this annoying, loud...