Category: Flash Fiction

Ghostwater

This story was originally published in White Enso Volume 7 Ghostwater had crept up from the river during the night packing itself thick between every rock and tree. Screams, my sister’s, had roused me from a fitful sleep, setting me to wander, torch in hand through the moonless night. The ghostwater mocked the light – […]

The Talisman

People had all kinds of theories about Stu. Off-kilter hitman, disgraced spy, lazy drifter were just a few of the less flattering ideas. Trust-fund-flunky, globe-trotting adventurer, or adrenaline junky were the interpretations that he liked to foster. He tossed his knife deftly from one hand to the other, blade flashing as it rolled through the […]