Isolation by Alina Happy Hansen Alone and unloved, she sits in a room that is pale and plain just like her. The window lets the sun in, trickling across the floor, across the wall until it vanishes each night from sight. There are movements and sounds coming from the rest of the house, voices…
Category: Short Story Writing
Dinner: Flash Fiction Series #5
“He hums to himself sharpening his knives. Her voice echoes down the hall…”
The Lighthouse: Flash Fiction Series #4
The Lighthouse by Alina Happy Hansen There she stood. Her figure silhouetted against the moon, distant and lonesome, looking out towards the sea. The spinning light reached out across the void, touching waves, touching clouds until disappearing back behind the trees. Lighthouse, candle, and a memory of a death. He calls out to her…
When Words Lose Meaning: Flash Fiction Series #3
Here is a rough version of a Flash Fiction piece I am working on. approx. word count: 130 When Words Lose Meaning by Alina Happy Hansen His eyes are black, she drones on, picking up her wine glass. Sips and mutters something under her breath. Her beauty blossoms in the candlelight but her…
Death and Kittens: Flash Fiction Series #2
approx. word count: 140 Death and Kittens by Alina Happy Hansen Mama cat cradled her kittens, suckling softly on her underbelly. Somewhere there was a gunshot. Somewhere, somebody died. The ones that can’t reach the nipple mew and cry. There are tire screeches around the corner of the alley and the sound of car…