Flash Fiction / Micro Fiction
Length - 100 words each
Three pieces written for the competition theme 'America'.
* '[Redacted]' finished 3rd Place in the competition!
* '[Redacted]' finished 3rd Place in the competition!
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The Button
It started as locker-room banter. The big 'What if?' Now
he's President.
His
first tour of the office, he nervously bides his time until they show him the
button, and the old man breaks free of his handlers to slam reset.
It's
not a flex of power. It's not about building walls, or breaking them. 'What
if?' has graduated to 'What now?' and he simply wants out.
'These
people can't look after themselves anymore.' I whisper into the microphone
hidden inside my sleeve. 'Things have gone nuclear.'
We
gave you your chance, but the joke is over. Democracy has failed.
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[Redacted]
The report, said to have been leaked following an alleged
'incident' at the infamous Area 51, has since resurfaced.
'Attention to all residents of [Redacted]. With immediate
effect [Redacted]. Until further notice [Redacted]. If you suspect [Redacted].
If symptoms persist [Redacted]. Avoid the elderly. [Redacted]. Do not attempt
[Redacted]. Serve your country, be vigilant, and remain indoors.'
In light of the outgoing American President's directive,
some of the following words have been recovered, though their order or
placement within the document remains unknown:
Outbreak. Virus. Host. Candelabra. Execution. Global.
Defenestration. Airborne.
The truth is out there. Have a [Redacted] day.
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Dead Man's Bar
Dead Man's Bar
'Hicks' hangs above the saloon door on a wooden sign, but
the locals know it by a different name. It's empty, 'cept for one man propping
up the bar.
'They
credit me the man with the fastest hands in all America,' I tell him in warning.
I reached into my pocket for my warrant and immediately decided to take a seat
right there in the doorway instead.
'Fastest
man.' I heard, as the cold crept out
from a hole in my soul, and dumbly I looked to its dealer.
An
unturned head. A smoking gun. And lipstick on the glass.
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