Several years ago when we lived in Florida, a hurricane blew threw our town, leaving a path of destruction. While driving one day, I noticed a home that had been damaged, and the entire fence around yard had been literally blown away. I mean, it was just gone. What amazed me was although the fence was gone, the gate that had been in the middle of the fence was still there, standing alone, all by itself, still closed and latched to a post on each side, almost as if it were a monument. I pulled over to the side of the road and took a picture, but the image itself is still clear in my mind.
That was the idea I used for the first story in the collection titled You Never Know. Something as simple as a gate can become a symbol — a memorial — for what happened in a place, for the life that happened there, for the people whose lives were touched in some way. And that’s what these flash fiction stories are all about.
People, Life, Relationships, Pain
Laughter, Sorrow, Victory, Failure
Ambition, Uncertainty, Excitement, and Surprise
Dreams, Premonitions, the Unknown, and Death
How we think and feel about these concepts.
And how we experience them in our day-to-day lives.
Each story reveals a small aspect of what it means to be human. And in reading them, perhaps you’ll connect with something inside yourself, relate to other people, and find a measure of hope for your own circumstances.
Paul Linzey 