Sometimes known as Commuter Stories, being short enough to read in full during a morning or evening train or subway ride to work. Flash fiction stories are meant to delight and resonate. They offer the reader brief though satisfying moments immersed in atmosphere, mood, or purpose, and provide a window into the motivations of compelling characters, albeit for a flash.
Above all these short stories are crafted to satisfy reason, challenge belief, evoke emotion, and transport the reader... for a very satisfying moment.