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Featured Flash Fiction
I write a lot of flash fiction – most Fridays, in fact. Mine is always exactly 100 words long. You can find much more of it in the archive, and you can download my free ebooks 100 Not Out and 200 Not Out. If you'd like to give it a try yourself, visit the site I also edit, Friday Flash Fiction.
NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
Somewhere in Dayton, Ohio, a telephone rings.
A receptionist answers, “USAF National Museum, how can I help?”
“I’m phoning from Bellevue. I wondered... would your museum be interested in a nuclear missile that I have in my garage?”
“Sorry, did you say ‘a nuclear missile’?”
“It’s OK, it’s inert. I only really collect live ones.”
The Museum has a simple protocol for such moments. Lights flash everywhere and panic ensues. But our receptionist remains calm.
“Em… sir… where did you obtain this missile?”
“From my friend Don. Lives near Cincinnati. He didn’t want it, though. He only collects Russian ones.”
A receptionist answers, “USAF National Museum, how can I help?”
“I’m phoning from Bellevue. I wondered... would your museum be interested in a nuclear missile that I have in my garage?”
“Sorry, did you say ‘a nuclear missile’?”
“It’s OK, it’s inert. I only really collect live ones.”
The Museum has a simple protocol for such moments. Lights flash everywhere and panic ensues. But our receptionist remains calm.
“Em… sir… where did you obtain this missile?”
“From my friend Don. Lives near Cincinnati. He didn’t want it, though. He only collects Russian ones.”
To read more flash fiction, go to the Flash Fiction section. To download the FREE ebooks click on the image below.
