Cathryn Grant
1-Minute Fiction: The Anniversary
... if this was the year he’d returned to kill her, also. His error. But every year, the odor faded and she continued breathing. After an...
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 7, 2023
- 1 min
2-Minute Fiction: Misaligned
The manhole cover was misaligned. The stripe marking the side of the road across the metal plate didn’t connect to the painted line on...
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Cathryn Grant
- Jan 13, 2021
- 1 min
A Short Drive
She sped along the curving road, darkness surrounding her, redwood trees towering overhead, blocking the moon. Beside her, the phone...
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Cathryn Grant
- Oct 22, 2020
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: A Soft Voice
She walked through the park, barely noticing where she was going. The national news blared from her phone, destroying the tranquility of...
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Cathryn Grant
- Aug 11, 2020
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Safe
Everyone hated wearing the masks, but it was necessary, for now. And truthfully, she didn’t resent the discomfort as much as others did....
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Cathryn Grant
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: The Tasting
A small pour from each bottle. Flowery words that sounded the same after a while, disconnected from the taste on her tongue. When they...
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Going Dark
She stepped outside, squinting, then waving to her neighbor who stood bathed in the sunlight falling across the pavement. The ping of a...
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Cathryn Grant
- Jul 30, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Working Late
The hallway was dark, all but one of the motion-activated lights unlit for the past hour. A crash interrupted the stillness. The building...
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Cathryn Grant
- Jun 18, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: First Time. Best Time.
The first time he told that story, she’d laughed. The next one-hundred-thirty-three times, her laughter deflated, then dissipated,...
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Cathryn Grant
- Jun 11, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Fleeting Thoughts
It happened so fast. Birth. Hope. The anticipation of beauty. Decay. Despair. Death. Lasting no longer than a passing thought.
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Cathryn Grant
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Devoured
The sound was faint, audible only when her eyes were closed. She lay in bed, hearing jaws masticating as if the creatures were inside her...
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Cathryn Grant
- Jun 4, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Blue Sky
Clouds had settled across the entire sky. They sat there like a thick blanket, smothering everything. He closed his eyes against the cold...
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Cathryn Grant
- May 29, 2019
- 2 min
3-Minute Fiction: Request Denied
The plastic card scraped across the formica counter as Wendy swept the crumbs from her bagel into her hand and sprinkled them into the...
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Cathryn Grant
- May 14, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Defeat
She walked briskly, inhaling the pre-dawn air. Ahead on the path stood a crow. His eyes bored into her. She slowed, advancing cautiously,...
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Cathryn Grant
- May 11, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Gone
She twisted the ring, angling it so the sun reflected off the diamond. With a mind of its own, the ring slid off her finger. It pinged...
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 29, 2019
- 3 min
3-Minute Fiction: Immersion
Baptism in the ocean was their tradition. The practice both intrigued and terrified her. But the terror won out. Every time. She would...
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 26, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Wiped Clean
Every night in the dark, the questions appeared. Why? When?! What if..? How long?? Should I?!? In the morning, the white board was wiped...
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 19, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Wet Paint
The colors of the painting were rich with life. She gazed at it every morning while she sipped her tea. Today, something drew her closer....
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Cathryn Grant
- Apr 16, 2019
- 1 min
1-Minute Fiction: Deception
It was vibrant green. A color impossible to imitate with paint. She picked it up, already tasting the juice, chewing the flesh. She...
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Cathryn Grant
- Mar 26, 2019
- 3 min
3-Minute Fiction: The Unlit Mirror
The restaurant didn’t have a bathroom of its own. Instead, the server had directed her outside and around the corner to an alley where a...
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