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    Dark Flash

    By Maria Haskins

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    Eight stories of dark fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Featuring unicorns, pirates, a cat, a demon, magic, and glimpses of mythology - there's a pinch of everything in this collection of flash fiction! All eight stories originally appeared on R.B. Wood's Word Count Podcast, and are now available as an ebook for the first time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMaria Haskins
    Release dateDec 6, 2016
    ISBN9781370877829
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      Book preview

      Dark Flash - Maria Haskins

      DARK FLASH

      Maria Haskins

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2016 Maria Haskins

      Discover other titles by Maria Haskins at Smashwords.com:

      Odin's Eye

      Lost and Found - A Short Story from Odin's Eye

      Cuts & Collected Poems 1989 - 2015

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Cover by Maria Haskins using Canva.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction by R.B. Wood

      The Origin of Dark Flash

      The Unicorn

      Nemesis

      Miriam and Cat

      Treasure Island

      True Words (Kirke's Bed & Breakfast)

      Chiaroscuro

      OK Computer

      The Demon

      Introduction by R.B. Wood

      The Word Count Podcast is a passion, more than anything else.

      When I began my own writing journey, I struggled initially to find my own voice. I found reading my work aloud helped me to edit as well as to pinpoint my own style of storytelling.

      The show grew from that. A simple flash fiction exercise. A prompt. Keep it under seven minutes. Tell a story. Read your story to the world.

      Along the way, I made three discoveries that were surprising. The first of which was that there were authors who actually wanted to write for the show. I've had over 80 wordsmiths who have written nearly 350 original stories. The second discovery was even more shocking. A lot of these stories were good...fantastic even.

      In fact, you are holding eight of these fantastic stories in your hand right now.

      Maria Haskins and I have never met in person. Something we will change in the next year or so, I hope. But I know her through her writing. I have her collection of English poems --Cuts & Collected Poems 1989-2015-- I have Odin's Eye, her collection of Sci-Fi short stories. I have two other anthologies she has written for, as well as a copy of her novel Tequila, in the original Swedish from back when she wrote under her maiden name.

      You could say I'm a bit of a fan, along with being her friend.

      That leads me to my third and final discovery. Through the

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