Flash Fiction Friday - Shouldering

Here. Now.

By Kathleen Kimball-Baker

“PUSH!”

“I can’t,” Ellie whimpers, wobbling on her hands and knees.”

“Stop it, Ellie, push!”

“Oh, God! Help me please! I’m gonna die.”

Beth pivots, faces her young sister.

“Listen to me. The baby’s stuck by his shoulders. You’ve got to ...”

Ellie’s screams split open the night.

A dusky baby slips into Beth’s hands.

Wailing.

Image: "Newborn" by Izabella Casselman

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Flash Fiction Friday - Uh oh

Devolving

By Kathleen Kimball-Baker

“Howard! Wake up!”

“Huh? Whaaa?”

“You were howling, for God’s sakes!”

“You mean like a dog?”

“More like a wolf!”

“Daphne, did you forget to take your sleeping pills?”

“Howard, I’m telling you, you howled. Like aaaawoooooooooo.”

“Woman, you’re the one who’s howling.”

“Howard! Your nose! Your teeth! What’s happening to you?”

“I . . . don’t . . . knooooooooooooooooooow . . .”

Imagehttp://mattstratton.com by Matt Stratton

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Flash Fiction Friday - First encounter

Because You Called

By Kathleen Kimball-Baker

At his window two floors above,

backlit and rumpled,

he has watched her make the calls. 

You can’t hear me, can you?

He watches her lips.

Can you feel this?

Moist air enters his ear.

His breath quickens.

Everything,

nothing wasted.

You let me in. Why?

 Above her breasts, he traces:

“You needed me.”

True.

Image by HAMED MASOUMI

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