Rivers and Meat
Those wrinkles, like dry riverbeds waiting for--longing for water. They were waiting to hold what they loved and were meant to protect. And so he cried. He…
Rotting Food
Hickory smoked sausage and orange peels, all rotting on the dirty floor. She sat in the rocking chair and saw the mess. Pick up the floor, she told the…
When You're Full
Food doesn’t taste any good when you’re full, I say, For my full stomach gets an empty feeling when I eat some pie, To which I find myself exclaiming a…
Never Sent That Text
I want to laugh at this feeling. I really haven’t missed you all that much. “When r u going 2 come over?” “I don’t know, Dad.” That was if I replied at all…
Waiting for the Big Bang
Suspended, it floats. Time stops. The egg, just out of reach, slips almost imperceptibly towards its demise. “Oh great, you let another one go!” the first man…
Someone Else's Lunch
“You ate the boss’ lunch?” Maggie exclaims. Maggie is seriously shocked. Ted is seriously intrigued. He once stole a Hot Pocket from someone’s stash in a…
Fufu in My Brain
They say, in some parts of Africa, you haven’t really eaten until you’ve eaten fufu. Fufu is flour and water boiled and stirred just about to the point that…
Discipline
A Ballerina stays her hand when reaching for a Danish. Cheese or apple, maybe both, would satiate her anguish. She lost her job, she broke her toe. She somehow…
Awkward Dining
The barkeep makes a valiant attempt to ignore the newcomer, but it is no use. Setting his dirty glass back on the bar, he waddles over to where the stranger is…
Entomophagiophobia
“Green” had finally become “cool”. Support for sustainable and carbon-neutral businesses was to the point where no one could ignore it, if they wanted to stay…
Mmmm
Oooh, I am hungry. Still hungry, even after our time together, and now my eye roves on. You were pleasant and all, and I know I said that you were mine and…
Gary and the gin
Sometimes Gary wondered if there was more to life than gin. Then he took a sip. “Sweet lord,” Gary said, for this particular gin and tonic tasted especially…
It started in darkness
I’d first noticed something was wrong when it went black, not the black of house lights off, but the darkness that comes from no light at all, no glow of…
Tempting Dread
Fingers tracing the journal’s cloth cover I wandered to the kitchen. Food seemed a possible remedy to the gnawing in my gut, though my minded chided me for…
Ferocious Ficlyers Fair
My name tag scorches my skin as I safety pin it on. *ItsMeChristina.* I hate this, I thought to myself. Everyone is going to be socilaizing. _I hate…
Happiness in My Stomach
More chicken tenders to replace the delicate fingers that never brush my arm or stroke my cheek. Another cake to rebel against my fate of eating the shitty…
Who Took My Sandwich?
I had a nagging feeling that week; something was awry, but specifics escaped me. I found myself opening the cupboards and peering into the pantry. I didn’t…
The Day the Food Stopped
The Man did enjoy his food. No matter what found itself to his plate, he made sure it found its way to his mouth. The table seemed filled with foods from all…
Things That Can't Wait
The code spilling before my eyes was immense and convoluted, elegent and engrossing. The determined efforts of the crew around me faded to black: life, the…
Hunger Pain
The natives are restless. So am I. It’s closing time at the Starlight and as usual Tom is taking his sweet time picking a meal. It took me three seconds and…