The Daily Cabal
For about four years, I was part of group of writers who delivered a new flash fiction story every weekday at The Daily Cabal. During that time, I contributed a story or two each week.
I’ve got links to twelve of my favorites below.
Flash Fiction
The Slow-time Man
We never let birds nest on him, even though the flat of his top hat was popular roost.
Read it here.
The Third Golem
Little is known of the activities of the celebrated writer Jorge Luis Borges after he faked his own death in 1986.
Read it here.
A Winter’s Fantasy
As we expected, the hard part was getting the ice skates on the alligator.
Read it here.
Doppelganger
Walking home from school, I’d see him on the other side of the street, walking just as slow or fast as I did, swinging a Six Million Dollar man lunchbox that had dents in all the same places as mine.
Read it here.
Fragments of a Distant Future
There’s a shivering you feel in the air, and you can tell it’s coming from outside you, not inside.
Read it here.
The Transdimensional Traveler’s Guide to Which Alternative Reality is Which in 10 Easy Questions
For each question there may be more than one correct answer.
Read it here.
Sea of Crises
From the empty apartment, we heard official confirmation: the moon had started targeting earthside cities.
Read it here.
A Few Words Concerning B.
This explains why cups of coffee placed on his desk ripple, and why some days his lunch consists of nothing but those bright orange circus peanuts.
Read it here.
Ghost Dancing the Cemetery Mile
There, under the light of the hololoops of the dearly departed, you danced.
Read it here.