It Happened in a Flash

Solve a mermaid's problem…Step off the edge of a roof…Dig up a grave at midnight…Take advice from a fortune cookie…Visit the last library…Meet a bridge troll…And more…In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and inspire. Enjoy 64 delightfully eclectic tales. Like your flash fiction intriguing with a twist? Discover the diversity and check out It Happened in a Flash.These stories are included:Don't Stop Believing Joyce SullyA Fresh Start Troy PennieNonsense Katharina GerlachFist-bump Tuff GartinThe Dare Lexy StantonUnicorn Ruth SardQueen of Swords Moira K. BrennanLiar, Liar Barbara Lund0—The Fool Raven O'FiernanAnd Music Will Set You Free Marya MillerThe Wisteria Princess Nika CantabileFair Folk Hannetjie JoubertD-A-V-E Ken BristowDesperate Times Rebecca W. HansenNothing New Alex F. FayleArt for the Cure Connie CockrellMeltdown at Markin Four Elizabeth McClearyTouching the Edge Ava FairhallCowboy Heroes S.R. OlsonKnighthood Rachel KovacinyThe Book Thief Angela WooldridgeVengeance Never Undone Dwayne AllemaoHome Storm WeaverStronger Oren LitwinThe Trouble With Aunt Flo… Nina HobsonBoxcar Revolution Laura Wilson-AndersonThe Touch Chaitali GawadeThe Last Library Ky MoffetCorrected Vision Devlyn DunneWeather Report Sylvie GranvilleAwakening Annais RyderTacky Timothy CouchThe Long, Concrete Ditch R.C. BlatterWrite & Wrong Charles HogeMagic Trick Amberlyn PryorA Clean Home is a Happy Home Dana FischerWaystation Samantha HulattBad Day Sarah NeuenReaching Consensus VS StarkThe Hunted J.L. PerryThe Wyrm Turns Peg FisherSaveyour Mike LucasHunted Eileen MuellerThe Rescue Nicky PenttilaThe Magic Threads Kirsten BoldaGirls Can't be Knights Ernesto I. RamirezStilettos Charlotte Henley BabbThe Proud Aide Elaine S. MilnerBloody Lucky James RoecourtWill the Real Captain Amazo Please Stand Up? James HusumFrozen in Time Kent PollardHomebound Heidi FergusonThe One that Got Away Lauren M. CatherineA New Adventure Janna WillardShattered Kami BatayaTwin Opportunities Marie DowdAimee Meets the Bridge Troll Julia Mozingo11th Hour Eliza K. GillhamThe Return Arlo SharpInto the Light Rachel HobbsSpacebullies Shana BloomConfucius Say Michael EldridgeFreebie Holly LisleNow What? Tom Vetter