The narrator sits by the window, staring into the darkness. The clock counts dutifully every second. Something is about to happen.
flash fiction
Illustrated English flash fiction by Börkur Sigurbjörnsson.
Flash fiction is also known as very short stories and micro fiction, and the stories are, as the names suggest, 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.
A selection of the stories can be found in the anthology Flash 52. In addition to English, Börkur also writes flash fiction in Spanish and Icelandic.
Random flash fiction
Latest flash fiction (Page 1 of 14)
The big question
A young man anxiously seeks the right moment to pop the big question.
One way or the other
Reflective dialog between two toucans as they bake themselves in the early morning sun.
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.