A 100 word microfiction piece. The Swarm You swing toward the airlock, gripping for the rung you know is there. A twitch on your skin could be the drip of sweat under your spacesuit. Your fingers wrap around the bar and you wrench yourself up. Legs fly free as the itch intensifies. Get out. Brennan’s …
Here’s a micro piece that was rejected from a fifty word story site. I mean, maybe it’s not as good as my story of the week fifty word story, Homecoming, but it’s not bad for fifty words 🙂 Unheard I didn’t care when she talked about her dreams. I didn’t notice new haircuts or compliment …
This is a story I wrote last year during a free-writing workshop. It had to be 250 words exactly. I wrote it from Brutus’ point of view. It was right after he’d been diagnosed with bladder cancer and we were struggling every day to get him to eat enough that I could give him medicine. …
Here’s a piece I wrote during a workshop with author/teacher Grace Palmer. I submitted it to Flash Fiction Magazine and they picked it up. I had an excellent experience working with the editor assigned to my story for this submission. She offered some great insight into the piece and refused to allow the proofreaders to …
Here’s a creative non-fiction piece written years ago when I first met my wife. It was recently rejected from a submission so rather than re-shop it, I decided to publish it here. The Affair We made love like we were already in love. I knew her. I knew her far more deeply than two women …
Finnian Burnett 