Theme 05: “Ghosts”
The Christmas Ghost Writer
Flash Fiction by M.D. Smith
“If he was going to write the greatest Christmas ghost story ever told, he’d first have to clean up after the living.”
The Dead Hold a Party
Flash Fiction by Norbert Kovacs
“The most we could do now was wish to experience those things as our earthly selves again, however happy we were at the mansion.”
Monarchs
Flash Fiction by Pawel Grajnert
“They fill up the beach and cover the rocks. Land on every tree branch. Blade of dune grass. Get caught in spider webs and hair. Get smashed under foot, squish through toes of children failing to hide. Whole wings trapped as bookmarks of this day. ”
Whispers in the Wind
Flash Fiction by Bartholomew Lamb
“Hans Obershnittzel’s voice rippled down the slopes of the old Evangelical Cemetery to carry its message across the street of chestnut trees in the valley…His powerful voice reverberated in thunder above the city, which lay unaware under the blanket of sleep…”