Flash Fiction

Enjoy my unique and innovative Flash Fiction.

The art of distilling a story into its essential structure, to weave in meaning while generating it by exclusion, are the delights and challenges of this popular sub-genre. Visit these links for the best examples of my Flash Fiction stories.

Some Flash Fiction stories by Christopher Deliso

“The Accidental Playwright After,” The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant, (December 11, 2023)

-A physicist becomes an unlikely playwright when her husband, supported by an ambitious director, suggests it. But will her complex plot be understood by the audience of random college-town people? And does the final story have more to say about relationships or the ‘NFL is rigged’ narrative of 2023? With so much drama going on, the reader would be forgiven for missing the many references to things as far between as Flann O’Brien and the Detroit Lions’ season of destiny.

“What Was Lost,” The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant (August 11, 2023)

-A fable, or para-memoir, apparently of British Lt. Col. and Amazon explorer Percy Fawcett, this misdirection of a tiny tale flows to the mystery of a still-unresolved mystery, merging times, narrative and the unknowable customs of the river’s occupants.

“The Man with the Famous Name,” The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant, July 11, 2023.

-A young couple go to acquire a trailer for their new Jet Ski, with the young man unsure of how his ‘famous name’ will be received by the shop’s proprietor, in this story with an emotional twist.

“The Battle of Myriokephalon,” The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant (March 25, 2023)

-A metafictional anecdote in the Borgesian tradition, this elliptical piece provides an alternate moral explanation of a real historic battle between the Byzantines and Seljuhs in 1176.

“Street Scene before the Miracle,” The Traveller’s Literary Supplicant, April 11, 2023.

-A weighty obligation falls on the shoulders of a Greek Air Force pilot in Alexandroupoli, called in the middle of the night to pick up his errant brother and return stolen property. But what to make of his brother’s extraordinary story, and advice? A short but powerful meditation on the human condition and possible futures.

“Recreating John Scotus,” The Galway Review, December 10, 2017.

-A combination of memoir, flash, philosophy and allusion, this tale of old Ireland and a plush dog touches deep in precious few words.