Can you recommend some great flash fiction stories?

Sure. 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson is a well - known flash fiction. It's a chilling story set in a small town where an annual lottery has a dark and unexpected outcome. Another one is 'Hills Like White Elephants' by Ernest Hemingway. It's a concise yet powerful story that implies a lot through the dialogue between a man and a woman at a train station about an 'operation'. And then there's 'A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings' by Gabriel García Márquez. It tells a strange and magical story about a man with wings who appears in a village in a very short but engaging way.

There's also 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. While it might seem more like a horror - tinged story on the surface, it has elements of a dark, fantastical society where a lottery has a very different and disturbing meaning than what we usually expect.

There are many wonderful flash fiction animal stories. For example, 'The Lion and the Mouse'. In this story, a tiny mouse helps a mighty lion, showing that even the smallest can be of great help. Also, 'The Three Little Pigs' is a well - known one. The pigs' different building materials and the wolf's attempts to blow their houses down make for an exciting and educational short story.

Of course. 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula K. Le Guin is a profound short flash fiction. It makes you think about the cost of a utopian society. 'What We Talk about When We Talk about Love' by Raymond Carver is another good one. It delves into different conceptions of love through the conversation of a group of friends. And 'Gryphon' by Charles Baxter is a unique short story that blurs the line between reality and imagination through the visit of a substitute teacher to a classroom.

Another one is 'Stolen Moments' which is a very short but sweet flash fiction love story. It captures the brief encounters between two people who gradually fall in love during those stolen moments in a busy city. It shows how love can grow in the most unexpected places.

Another great one could be 'In Another Country' by Ernest Hemingway. It's a short story that touches on the theme of war and the disillusionment of soldiers. Hemingway's concise writing style makes it almost like a piece of flash fiction, quickly getting to the heart of the matter about the soldiers' lives and their psychological states during and after the war.

Another great one from the list might be 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson. This story has a shockingly dark ending and is a masterful exploration of human nature and society's blind following of traditions within the limited space of a flash fiction.

Well, 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki is a great horror flash fiction. It tells the story of a boy who has an unusual and rather terrifying relationship with a polecat - ferret. Then there's 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe. The narrator's self - destruction due to his guilt over mistreating his cat is quite horrifying. Also, 'August Heat' by W.F. Harvey, where a man has a premonition of his own death through a strange encounter and a drawing, and the sense of impending doom is palpable.

One great example is 'For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn' by Ernest Hemingway. It's a very short yet powerful piece that implies a whole tragic story. Another is 'A Haunted House' by Virginia Woolf, which creates an eerie atmosphere in just a few paragraphs.

There's 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge' which at first seems to offer hope but then ends in a rather depressing way. The main character's illusions are shattered. 'The Metamorphosis' by Franz Kafka is also a very depressing flash - like story. Gregor Samsa's transformation into an insect and his subsequent alienation from his family and society is extremely sad. And 'The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas' by Ursula K. Le Guin presents a disturbing moral dilemma that leaves a feeling of depression.