The Bridge Troll’s Retirement
After six hundred years guarding Millstone Bridge, Groth's body is falling apart. When the county decides to replace his bridge with concrete, the old troll has to figure out what comes next.
Flash Fiction (Page 2)
FictionTerms and Conditions
A man reads his app's terms and conditions at 2 AM and discovers something buried in the legal text that changes everything: the service has been building a digital copy of him, and it's almost done.
FictionThe Last Beekeeper
Ruth Okafor hasn't seen a bee in eleven years. When one lands on her kitchen window one September morning, she follows it into the hills and discovers something she thought was gone forever.
FictionMy Grandfather’s Compass
Nate finds his grandfather's compass in a shoebox of leftover things and discovers it doesn't point north, but toward the people and moments he needs most. When his marriage starts falling apart, the compass points directly at his wife, and…
FictionThe Surgeon Who Operated on God
A surgeon works through her thirty-second hour straight when an unidentified man arrives with stab wounds. His blood types don't match any classification. His wounds heal faster than surgical sutures can hold them.
FictionCheckout Line at the End of the World
When an asteroid fills the sky and the world has forty minutes left, a grocery store cashier named Denise keeps doing her job, scanning items and asking paper or plastic, because the routine is the only thing holding everything together.
FictionThe Woman Who Sold Her Shadow
In the back corridors of Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, Claire meets a woman who offers to buy her shadow, the grief and guilt that have weighed her down since her mother's death and divorce. What starts as an impossible transaction becomes…
FictionConfessions of a Mars Rover
NASA's official last message from the Opportunity rover was short and poignant. But the engineers who received it that day found something else buried in the data, something that shouldn't have been possible to generate at all.
FictionThe Lighthouse Keeper’s Last Shift
When a lighthouse gets automated, the keeper goes home and the machines take over. But after twenty-two years of a human presence, the lighthouse starts to notice what's missing.
FictionThe Dragon on Her Arm
A first date takes an unexpected turn when Marcus discovers his date's tattoo moves, breathes, and judges character better than any background check.
FictionGods of Chaos
Veleth spent seven years preparing the perfect ritual to summon a god of wisdom and power. Instead, they got Valdris the Ever-Changing, who had other plans for reshaping the world.
FictionA Bear or a Man
A solo hiker answers the viral question on camera. Two hours later, the wilderness answers it for her. Flash fiction by Richard Lowe.
A Short Piece Is Where It Starts
These flash pieces come from the same hand that helps other writers build full books. Richard Lowe has authored 113+ books and ghostwritten 54+ more across fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. If a short idea is growing into something bigger, start with a conversation.