Flash Fiction



Round Up The Writers Zine an online literary publication was kind enough to include my work in their flash fiction anthology. A PDF copy of the issue can be found here. My piece is the first one and is followed by a number of fantastic stories that tell the tails of moments. Moments whether epic or seemingly benign are part of our much larger story.

http://www.roundupzine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/flasher_ed.pdf

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