Here is a sample of 100-word flash fiction from my book, Cops, Crooks and Other Stories. There are 99 more. Just click on the book cover on the left side of my blog.

Problem at the Bank

“How soon do you start your big vacation?”

“Huh, oh, couple of days.”

“Wish I had good news for you, but I don’t. We had to release that employee of yours, Alonzo.”

“Release him? Why? I thought he–”

“Not enough evidence. And now we’ve hit a stone wall. In the week since your bank reported the big embezzlement, we’ve interviewed every one of your employees–and come up empty.”

“Yeah?”

“And this is a small town. It’d be hard to hide that kind of cash.”

“Uh huh.”

“So, did you say you and your wife were going to South America?”