Secret Delivery

Secret Delivery - a flash fiction story

Diane, a chronically ill sculptor, arrives home one evening to find a mysterious brown box on her doorstep. With her overactive imagination, and the unsettling memory of something strange that happened the previous evening, she’s faced with a dilemma – be brave and open the box herself, or call the cops. What will she do? And what could possibly await her inside this secret delivery?

This was my first foray into flash fiction (stories under 1,000 words), and I was thrilled when Spark Flash Fiction emailed me to acquire it for their Fall 2024 issue, Love In Disguise. Since it was a contest issue, I was also stoked to be a semi-finalist. You can read the full story for free at the Spark website. Just click the button below and it’ll open in a new window for you. I can’t wait for you to meet Diane and find out what’s inside the box!

Vivien Kiernan
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