Tired of waiting in line? Put those moments to good use by writing short stories!
Flash fiction, microfiction, and postcard fiction are just a few names for a form of short-short fiction quickly gaining popularity among casual writers. You too can exercise your creativity while standing in line or waiting in traffic. Just scribble a short story on whatever you have handy–even your cellphone. Not a writer? Don’t worry! It’s just for fun, anyway.

Here are two of my tech-related short stories:

DISTANCE (55 words)
Sacha Chua

The cellphone rang, a welcome interruption to my dreams of him. I woke up smiling and reached for the phone in the dark.

It lay still. No missed calls.

Suffocated by silence, I curled my fingers around the phone–around his hand, 3000 miles away–and tried to sleep for the third time that night.

NO SIGNAL (160 characters)
Sacha Chua

“Searching…” Step back. Wave it. Turn it off. On. Damn. Three days in a row? This time for real, but she’ll never believe me. Long-stemmed roses? Might work.

You can find more of my stories at http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/wiki/FlashFiction.php .

Flash fiction is perfect for people on the go. Try it today! Post your flash fiction in the comments below.