Category Archives: Horror Flash Fiction

(Flash Fiction) Predator or Prey

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Helen

“Ladies and gentlemen, our last exhibit for the night is something special indeed!” The master of ceremonies and chief auctioneer rubbed his hands with glee as the cage was brought out, wheeled by two hefty men for strength was indeed … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Dolly Did It

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Helen

She was such a little doll, that’s what they all said. Her skin so white and smooth, her face so structurally perfect, her eyes so wide and blue. Just a little doll. So they laughed when as a child she … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Thirty Three

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Helen

On his thirty-third birthday the party was a ritual. He had been preparing for this most of his young life, so he was neither dismayed nor nervous.  He had been groomed for the moment, and had studied all the texts … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Television

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Helen

The first sign was on television.  In retrospect that might have been surprising, given the total unrest, but I didn’t hear it.  Or if I did I didn’t understand, in my first waking moments, that the sound was louder than … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Picture on the Wall

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Helen

In my uncle’s house there is a curious picture on the lounge room wall.  It hangs above the television, which seems an odd place for it, for something in its tone and feel is ancient. A thing long before electricity … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Spider Girl

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Helen

  Spider girl loved her web.  Sometimes it was on the walls, or the cornices of an abandoned house.  Sometimes it was between trees.  And sometimes, the best times, it was over swamps, mixing with the murky depths of water. … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Seven: Pride

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Helen

We called them the ‘Prideful Ones’ or the ‘Conceited Gang”. I remember that well, from school. They liked the names, even if they were not kindly meant.  They could afford to, for their pride arose from their social status.  Every … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Six: Envy

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Helen

It was a small offering. The group is demanding, but one so fresh and innocent is always welcomed. And she was fresh as morning dew, and twice as innocent. She had no right to be so untouched, so perfect. Life … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Five: Wrath

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Helen

In hell they rage.  They wake in torment and they scream to the unhearing universe. In hell every slight, every scornful look, every trick played upon them is etched large and dark.  Hell is not fire, hell is not external … Continue reading →

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(Flash Fiction) Four: Sloth

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Helen

  It started as a general sleepiness. I put it down to playing computer games too late into the night.  A friend had given me a particularly addictive game only a few weeks before and I’d rather overdone it, even … Continue reading →

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