"Flying" by Jeff Landon

creating story around one quiet, layered, emotional moment

Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash

Hi friends! My favorite flash fiction has a quiet complexity to it, along with humanity and humor. As an example, look no further than the flash writer Jeff Landon, whose stories always convey that essential combination of wistful and lovely, funny and real.

Let’s look at Landon’s story, “Flying” originally published in the sadly now gone Quick Fiction: