Tag: flash fiction

• Rorschach-test

  

  “There is something special about having a vampire for a lover”, Liz said to her one true love with a sigh. Lina, her arms around Liz’s waist, stiffened and then frowned, “Vampire?  Where did the vampire part come in?” “I was meaning to tell you..   Nadja.. she.. she is also a vampire. I meant to…

  Merit Coba

  23/04/2015

  stories

  dialog, flash fiction, story, vampire, virtual world

• Flash Fiction: History

  “I had not expected you to be here, sir.” I said and I wanted to leave him to his moment of solitude, a moment which he would have seldom time to enjoy. He was standing near the balcony overlooking the boulevard that was in front the house. He was his usually tall self, slender to…

  Merit Coba

  28/09/2013

  flash fiction, stories

  flash fiction, history, obama, president, short, Short Stories

• Signs of life: Automaton

  Merit Coba

  07/07/2013

  flash fiction

  flash, flash fiction, picture story, signs of life, stories

• Flash: Collateral

  Jonathan Ames had saluted with a blank expression on his face after they had pinned up his medal. “Well done, Captain.”  the general had said, a man Ames had only known by name. “A vital contribution to the war against terrorism. ” He remembered that moment every time they held their ceremony at the veterans…

  Merit Coba

  24/06/2013

  flash fiction, stories

  collateral, flash, flash fiction, medal, robot plan, short, soldier, veteran

• Bleh man

  This flash story requires a bit of a background and explanation. One is that it is written because I heard about a row between Denmark and Sweden over a shows in which naked people were discussed. I sort of fantasized about it.The other is that I am sneaky introducing two characters from my vampire stories. …

  Merit Coba

  08/06/2013

  stories

  blachman, Denmark, ficition, flash, flash fiction, host, rating, short, short fiction, show, story, Sweden, vampire, werewolf

• They are gods

  . After delivering his speech on outsourcing, the head of the IT department made a gesture as if to fold some papers in his hands, but he had none at the moment, as his department had been committed to substantial cost savings by becoming a real paperless office. The handful of people that were with…

  Merit Coba

  08/06/2013

  flash fiction

  business, company, cost saving, flash, flash fiction, people, short, short story, workers

• Capricorn Two

  The red dust took some time to settle after they landed but that did not dampen their excitement. “Who goes first?” Tomi voiced their question.. Mission control had told them who would go first, but in the face of history, far off Earth had no say. Marchand stepped forward, but Indra tripped him. The crew…

  Merit Coba

  01/06/2013

  flash fiction

  Capricorn One, Capricorn two, flash fiction, landing, mars, movie, short story, space

• Men!

  “Let’s ask the woman in our midst.” His Most Divine Emperor Maximilian the third said. The gathered nobles of the realm, fitted in their shiniest armors adorned with silver and gold, turned their gazes towards her. Eveline, envoy of the empress-mother,  looked at the princess Isobel, who was laying at the feet of the emperor.…

  Merit Coba

  01/06/2013

  flash fiction, flash fiction

  fantasy, flash fiction, short story, woman and men