Flash Fiction: Shards

I lay broken among shards of glass, broken like the window I had just fallen through.

It was a four floor fall. My consciousness was fading, just like my life had been for many years. The shards piercing my skin hurt so mucu lesser than the words that had pierced my heart minutes ago. The words I read on the note had struck me hard. It was a suicide note, signed by me. However, I had never written one. I realised only after I was shoved hard through the window.

The last thing I saw was my wife’s face…


Word Count: 99

Prompt:

Carrot Ranch January 24 Flash Fiction Challenge

22 comments

  1. Excellent flash fiction, but there is a story to tell. Who pushed? Who wrote the suicide note? Are you planning on expanding this story into a longer narrative, or just leave us bleeding from the shards? ~nan

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