Flash Fiction: Lakshan Dharmapriya

© Lakshan Dharmapriya

Flash Fiction by Emma Mathes

Edited by Hillary Mitchell

Tiny Greenhouses

While climbing the foggy mountains in Taiwan, I came across a wondrous sight: thousands of miniature greenhouses. They lined the hillside like soldiers covered in plastic. Each plant inside of them was bounteous, abundant with leaves, but my knowledge of agriculture is not extensive enough to be able to tell you more.

There was no one around, and I was sure I was hallucinating. Obviously so much effort was put into these organisms, but where were the people? I was isolated and felt crazier by the second. Were these really mirages, figments of my imagination? Or was the story longer than that?