Tag: fiction
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Bandaged
a flash fiction story Cutting food is not a good time to get distracted Bandagedby Jeremy C Kester Sharp. It was sharp. Both the pain and the object causing it. Delilah put down the small knife and sucked on her hand at the place the blade cut her. She wasn’t certain how it happened other…
Jeremy C Kester
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Riptide

a flash fiction story Now, normally I would simply fill this area in with some sort of description of the story, but given the topic, I need a bit more explaining. Multiple members of my family, including my father, have tried and/or succeeded in committing suicide. It’s a topic I return to in various ways,…
Jeremy C Kester
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Self-Inflicted
micro-flash fiction Photo and words copyright © 2026 by Jeremy C Kester – all rights reserved.Note: this is also cross-posted to Poetically Unlicensed on Substack. Please consider subscribing! Even better, consider buying a book! Links to where you can buy below:
Jeremy C Kester
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Salt

a short story A woman deals with the grief of loss while living with her sister on the shoreline. Saltby Jeremy C Kester Sea spray soaked the air in salt. She stood on the shoreline, her hair a blend of white and the dark of dampness. Thickened strands blew this way and that, obeying the…
Jeremy C Kester
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Soap

Each dish moved from sink to drainer. A slow, methodical process, but one by one, they each made it over to their mediary destination. One they would hold for the short while of drying before being taken to their place in the storage cabinets.
Jeremy C Kester