The narrator sits by the window, staring into the darkness. The clock counts dutifully every second. Something is about to happen.
flash fiction
Illustrated flash fiction (a.k.a. very short stories and micro fiction) by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson.
The stories are, as the name suggests, very short and simple: from one paragraph to a single page. They are snapshots of a brief moment in the daily life, often revealing a curious character, an interesting situation or a brief funny dialog.
The stories can be read for free online in English, Spanish and Icelandic. A selection can also be found in the anthology Flash 52.
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I vs. Society
A hapless shopper enters into a non-verbal dialogue with a supermarket security guard.
Twenty twenty
A startled citizen ventures into the street during a nationwide lockdown. What are his intentions?
9th floor
David finds himself in a novel place that prompts him to think about altitude, gravity, trigonometry, psychology, physics, and gravity again.
Where do we go from here?
Julia and Brian discuss the future and they do not see it with the same eyes.
Brick and mortar human beings
Hung-over Tom makes an announcement interrupting the sacred Sunday morning silence.