Flash Pieces – bite-sized contemporary fiction

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Singha

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

STEVE BIERSDORFMay 11, 2020

Any latte is a Goodlatte with good company

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

STEVE BIERSDORFApril 13, 2020

Political Operative I

What you remember best about Representative Bender, before he was...

STEVE BIERSDORFJuly 12, 2020

Political Operative III

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

STEVE BIERSDORFJuly 21, 2020

Ass Ventriloquism

On a walking/bike path through suburbia, eavesdropping on a couple...

STEVE BIERSDORFMay 11, 2020

Talladega it ain’t, but still

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

STEVE BIERSDORFJune 18, 2020

Trixie

Trixie’s Mani Pedis is a reality show with local sway,...

STEVE BIERSDORFApril 17, 2020

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