campfire stories – Confabulator Cafe

A Ghost Story for Pat (Flash Fiction)

Aspen Junge - June 30, 2012

It was one of the first festivals of the season and a time to renew acquaintances and to greet old friends. Most of us hadn’t seen one another since that dreary cold day last winter. The sweet smell of woodsmoke summoned us to perch on camp chairs and coolers and begin to spin yarns from […]

Two Sides to Each Door (Flash Fiction)

Ashley M. Hill - June 29, 2012

“You gotta understand,” Momma says to the doctor as though Annabelle can’t hear her. “She has always been a special child. Very particular, you know. Apple of her Gramma’s eye.” The Doctor peers over the top of her horn-rim glasses, tapping her pen against the pad of paper in her lap. Annabelle feels small when […]

The Death Ranger (Flash Fiction)

Jason Arnett - June 29, 2012

“Okay, okay.” I accept the plastic two-liter bottle signifying my turn to tell a story. I need to think about it, size up my audience a bit. I close my eyes and go ‘round the fire: Beth – who I have always wanted to go to bed with – is to my right. I want […]

Netstrider (Flash Fiction)

Angela Kordahl - June 28, 2012

“And then, the Netstrider passes in the night and eats the internet.” Laney paused to let the chills go down their backs, as they poked at screens under the covers. “But Mommy, they can still use their phones, right?” Dana asked. “That’s not the internet.” “The Netstrider doesn’t care how you are on the internet, […]

Angry Levi (Flash Fiction)

Ted Boone - June 28, 2012

“Who’s our first volunteer for bear patrol?” Mitch asked. Huddled next to the fire eating mushy baked beans out of a tin plate, I exchanged covert glances with my fellow rookie scouts. None of the four of them looked anxious to volunteer. They kept their faces buried in their food bowls. Mitch snorted. “So much […]