Flash Fiction - "Free Monster to a Good Home"

Check out my my latest yarn published at The Short Humour Site.

Free Monster to a Good Home
by Jimmy Calabrese

Juan laughed as he posted an anonymous reply to the online classified ad: You can send one my way, I have a big backyard.

A few days later, when Juan backed his truck out of the garage, he discovered a gigantic 10 foot crate blocking the driveway. No markings or labels were on the crate. He talked to his neighbors, but nobody knew when or who delivered it.

Juan checked his e-mail and found a reply to his response to the classified ad: Thanks it's on its way.

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Flash Fiction - The Magic Doorway

A new flash fiction story has been posted on Everyday Weirdness.

Only moments ago, Jeremy and the rest of the boys jumped off the cliff into the ocean. Now the boys waited for Adam, circling like sharks. They knew he would be too chicken to jump, and they tormented him with delight.
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Flash Fiction - "Meet Me Tonight"

Here's a new flash fiction story that was just published on THE FLASH FICTION OFFENSIVE.


 Meet Me Tonight
By Jimmy Calabrese

I can't believe I'm about to go through with this. I knock on the flimsy trailer door, and the trailer shifts slightly as someone responds. I hear the click of the lock, and a dark-haired woman in a silk mini robe appears in the doorway. She's too beautiful for a place like this, I bet she probably owns the trailer for such occasions.

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Flash Fiction - An Eye For An Eye

Here's a new flash story that was just published on Thrillers, Killers 'n' Chillers .

An Eye For An Eye
By Jimmy Calabrese

I slide open the glass door, and the cat crouches in the middle of the patio. It’s the same cat that’s been crying outside my bedroom window at four in the morning. I aim the BB gun between the cat's eyes.
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Flash Fiction - Too Much Of A Good Thing

My new flash fiction horror story, "Too Much Of A Good Thing," has been published at Flashes In the Dark.

Too Much Of A Good Thing
by Jimmy Calabrese

I wished it didn’t happen; I really do…it just got out of control. I turned the wheel and drove my Jeep off the freeway and out into the Arizona desert. I gripped the wheel tighter as I bounced in my seat; the uneven earth shook my vehicle and my nerves. I needed to clear my head before I went home to face my wife.

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Flash Fiction Horror - "Kentucky Moon"

Here's my first attempt at a Flash Fiction Horror story (under 666 words) called "Kentucky Moon", it was just published on Microhorror.com. Let me know what you think…

Kentucky Moon
By Jimmy Calabrese

We pulled into the lot of the old gas station, the only car parked out front glowed with a ghostly hue from the moonlight. I reached into my jacket and pulled out my gun.

The robbery took a week to plan and only a second to fall apart. Hank was supposed to enter the gas station to clear out the customers while I waited, but as soon as he entered I heard the blast of his shotgun. I ran inside and found the clerk erupting blood like a volcano from a hole in his chest.

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