Flash Pieces – bite-sized contemporary fiction

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Because imagining the absolute worst-case scenario is my default setting

Beach and the Gulf of Mexico on this side of...

STEVE BIERSDORFApril 17, 2020

Singha

He usually parked at the edge of a weedy vacant...

STEVE BIERSDORFMay 11, 2020

Political Operative III

You’re on your way down to the pool, where you’ll...

STEVE BIERSDORFJuly 21, 2020

At the Ballpark

The ballpark has a retractable roof with a giant glass...

STEVE BIERSDORFApril 15, 2020

Any latte is a Goodlatte with good company

I arrive at the downtown hotel for the interview five...

STEVE BIERSDORFApril 13, 2020

Talladega it ain’t, but still

Because I’m less of a social animal these days, interaction...

STEVE BIERSDORFJune 18, 2020

Cardinal in the tree

You painted this on our door, At the Shelter Island...

STEVE BIERSDORFMay 18, 2020