1 sip Hot blend of black and a spot of white. A stroke to the tongue, a hump to the throat, a pause to time. Perfect. A crack zigzags ceiling-to-floor. An insulting cut to the book-page-white wall.
I can go the highest on this swing, the one behind the silver birch, out of sight.
You would love this, I know. The buzz of the lorries vibrates the thin window above the sofa bed. Noise to me, lullaby to you.
It’s never dark anymore. The sky moans in rust. The air scratches. And I’m still awake in bed when Mom opens the door of my room, ‘We’re leaving.’
"There’s a dark-light-dark-light-dark-light flashing to your left...." Originally published on Reflex Fiction, where it's just missed the longlist in the Spring 2021 Reflex flash fiction competition.
A flash fiction story that was originally published at National Flash Fiction Day.
Lotti, a high school girl from Budapest, is on a quest for sounding as confident as a native English speaker.
"He holds a guitar case. An unusual sight among the briefcases and laptop bags ruling London’s business district."
Trump, Brexit, Hungary. The thing in common? The anti-migrant agenda. Read my guest article on how progressives can tackle worldwide hate campaigns against immigration on Political Critique.
I’m not a celebrated famous author (yet). But I still would like to share some of the lessons I learnt from finishing a short story, because I would like to learn from your examples too.
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