literature – tony espino

December 27, 2022

Sometimes I Feel Weird

“What happens to my memories when I die?”“Chill, T.R., why you always talking about us dying?” Willie doesn’t like talking about death. Not on these bike rides. These adventures. Or “chores” if you’re a stiff rule-abiding adult. To them these momentous occasions are just another thing on another list. Efficiency and speed being the motive…

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creative-writing, dark humor, death, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, memories, short stories, surreal, Writing
June 15, 2022

Phongyibyan

I stop into the record store, and I see my soul on sale. A special discount price. Two for one or something like that. A blowout sale. All souls must go. I get inspired and ask the cashier, “Which one fits me best?” She shrugs and winks. Her eye says there’s something stuck in it.…

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fantasy, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, reality, sci-fi, short story, soul
March 18, 2022

Detached

I threw myself through the roof again. I do this whenever people are over. People I don’t like. This anti-social behavior is the only thing keeping me alive. Me as in whatever part of me that’s floating across the street, not that body thing back there. I don’t know what the hell’s keeping that alive.…

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astral, astral projection, chakras, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, out of body, reading, Writing
March 10, 2022

Like Ghost but Different

MEDIUMI’m sensing the ghost of your mother. She brings wine and flowers. CUSTOMEROh. That’s my mom. I just know it is. MEDIUMThat’s what I said. I would know. She says she loves you. CUSTOMERI knew it. My mom LOVED me. She still does. I just know she does. MEDIUMYup. She just told me. That’s how…

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comedy, creative-writing, dialogue, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, paranormal, reading, science fiction, script, Writing
February 26, 2022

Conspiracy Theory Killed by the Beautiful Fauna

There I happened, stupid.This cartoony brain in a doorWe filled with a beautiful theoryAbout a spotted dimensionDreaming adviceDreaming becauseDreaming remembers the giantWith paranormal forces to another headOutlaw dreaming aboutThe implanted brainMY headThis thing I can’t avoidEntering everyone’s front doorCoughing, mining a rumorWe’re masquerading as dimensions

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art, conspiracy theory, creative-writing, fantasy, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, poems, poetry, reading, Writing
February 11, 2022

Underlining the Seconds

glued, thirsty human to shirtyou, me, some sweaty ceilingthe fan looks panickeddespite told-you-so windowthe heart sits on icenot in the character’s bodyi’m sun, the exhausteda growing glob of rattlesnakesseeping into another adventurewith an optimistic umbrellafocused like poisonmy clammy kneesare amazing

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bad, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, poems, poetry, short fiction, Writing
February 10, 2022

Tower Eighteen is Weak

disease-ridden filthy friendsdisliked baseball and onionsthrew out yearswith basketball eyesi almost know a lazy personhaving skin and blood and wingsmy memory’s flattened and faxedi fear the oceanswind skin, seashell thingpulled me, rejected mewished me happy birthdaydisliked my reminded monthsanticipationfriendssomewhere eerie mefeels discomforton brand and defective

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art, creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, poems, poetry, reading, short fiction, Writing
February 7, 2022

Living Nowhere

go but notleave the light onthat unravels salivalike a whole televisioncouch looks so loststay, sink insidewant living buttoni stay bathed in weirdmake a searchlook! it’s minutessliding into disappointmentneon mean ass crime

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creative-writing, Fiction, flash fiction, literature, micro fiction, poems, poetry, reading, short fiction, Writing

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