Flash Fiction - Michael Humphris

Deja Vu

You perhaps know how it is, that feeling of deja vu. Here I am cruising along the coast, minding my own business, even perhaps day dream of the girls at the next port of call. Well you know what us…

When the end was near the range of colours that flooded the sky caught people by surprise. But first the sky was to turn green with sheer volume of locusts. Later with all the vegetation had gone, the storms came.…

Iris and Faith

Looking back no one realised that the entry of the small craft would change the way we looked at our world. Like Darwin on the Beagle, Iris and Faith had travelled the ocean. Iris like Darwin had held a profound…

Waiting for

Prompt photo provided anonymously . I am waiting here you see until the door opens. Then I will know the answer to my question. The trouble is that I have been waiting here rather a long time. I know that…

Values

Values Thank you for coming here professor Simmons, I am interested to know if it’s genuine or a fake. ‘Definitely a fake I am sorry to say’. If you do find out who produced it, I would be interested to…

The Inventive Victorian

The smell was terrible, Mary had known things would be hard when she married Thomas. But then they moved into Albert St with its open sewer. Every obnoxious thing possible seemed to use the sewer to reach the stinking river…

Tombstone

Still carrying the mental scars from his encounter with Lord Emreht, Boijim was not sure if he had done right agreeing to the recall to serve, yet earths need was great. Space pilots where thin on the ground since…

The Kiss

I blew her a kiss, but it was not returned. Instead she pulled a face at me. I ask what do you do when your love is not returned? Perhaps I should cut my losses and move on. But in…

What If.

He wondered what if there was a larger race beyond his own world. The ancients had worshipped gods who resided somewhere nebulous, even somewhere beyond earth. The Vikings had Thor. The Greeks and Romans, each had their own gods. Indeed…

The Bear

Your journeys may be long and dangerous Soini, but you should leave Akureyri. You may take all your tools. The Dawn Rider is a stout vessel, and her crew are fine sailors, you could not be in better hands. Go…