Break From Reality. Daily.
Hello Short Fiction Break Readers, Jeff here. I’ve got some exciting news! In a few weeks Short Fiction Break is going to publish our first ever quarterly collection. After rereading the 113 short stories published on Short Fiction Break over the past three months, our authors have picked their top 7 favorite. We are going…
(The image above is by Daniel X. O’Neil found via Creative Commons) My car was thick with laughter, exhaustion, and the smell of teenage boy. We’d just finished our summer workout. It was too early in the year for football practices to officially begin, but the team captains were holding “summer trainings”. None of the…
(The image above is by Glen Wright found via Creative Commons) “Hello. Revolution Church. This is Tuck. How can I help you?” “Hey. This isn’t the pastor. You’re the guy who works with the kids right? The guy who does stuff with schools and stuff?” “Sort of. I mean, I am a pastor. I do…
This is part two of a longer series. To read part one click here. Mencken pulled on his beard with his left hand and looked at the door of the house in front of him. A silver of light shown through it’s open seam. It wasn’t like him to shy back. He was not a…
The image above is by Union Square found via Creative Commons “It’s not ready,” Jackson said, mimicking the authority he heard his mother routinely use. It was instinctual for him to speak with a parental tone to his younger brother, being four years older. His mom hated it when she caught him doing it; but…
(the image above is by Phoenix Wolf-Ray via Creative Commons) “Why, Novis?” Mama demanded through tears. “Why do ya have to hurt me so bad?” She threw her arms in the air and returned to wailing uncontrollably. Novis stood quietly in the middle of the dining room. He knew better than to respond when she…
