Overfull

By Jacob Fletcher

Thirty-one days.

A collection of thirty-one stories written entirely in July 2016 during Flash Fiction Month. Includes two extra stories written in the fall of 2016.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jacob Fletcher
• Release date: Dec 31, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370609611

Jacob Fletcher

Jacob is an indie author who loves cats, coffee, and queer things. He enjoys writing flash fiction and poetry. Visit him at jacrylic.wordpress.com.

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Overfull

by Jacob Fletcher

Copyright 2016 Jacob Fletcher

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Thank you for your support.

To my wife Anne

Thanks to you, I am overflowing with love and stories

This book, and every story I spill out, is for you

Contents

Introduction

FFM 2016

Paths and Choices

The Word She Could Not Say

The Warmest Hands

Overfull

A Nest for Scorpions

At His Disposal

The Source and Her Shadow

Study Fail

A Prayer in the Chamber

They're Going to the Ocean

His Dreaming Eyes

The Stone in the Sword

The Wall of Masks

Anathema

Brick Dust and Silver

The Back of His Hand

Their First Child

In Horrible Dark Places

The Boy with Burning Hands

Water Was Her Looking Glass

A Lot to Hope For

For the Sun to Vanish

The Old Man and the Sparrow

Voiceless

When a Seed Is Planted

The Strategy for Survival

Risk Versus Reward

The Dark Swarm

Those Heterochromatic Eyes

Down Through the Black

It Takes Some Balls

Bonus Stories

The Princess and the Prince

His Tongue Remembered

Closing Words

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Introduction

Many of us have more stories than we know what to do with sometimes: to read, to tell, and to remember.

I wrote these thirty-one stories during Flash Fiction Month – an event where one writes a story between fifty-five and a thousand words in length every day for the month of July.

And – because this collection was not yet overfull enough for this author's liking – I have included two more tales at the end of this book. These extra stories were not written during July, but they were written later in 2016, so we will make room for them here too.

Paths and Choices

Her long hair waves ahead of him like a dark flag. It urges him on. They run together through the rows of corn and he grabs hold of her hand in the dimness.

He feels the cold air biting at his cheeks. They both pause in front of a fork in the path. He can feel his heart pounding inside his ribs, his lungs struggling for space.

Which way is safe?

His sneakers drag in the straw – scuff the dirt.

This way, he whispers. She grabs his