Got a few minutes while waiting in line at the store, or for the bus to arrive? Then you've got time for one of these flash fiction tales!Collected from eight years of Cat Gerlach's Indie Authors Advent Calendar, these tales all focus around the Christmas season. Some were written to themes (like the weather or dragons) but all focus on the Christmas season.In these tales you'll find:A young boy going on a grand adventureAn elf delivery specialist racing the c...

In these eleven flash fiction tales, all around 500 words each, you'll find the answer to the question - what happens when the dead come back but don't try to eat everybody? You'll find tales such as* a widow who thought her husband was gone for good* an HR nightmare when a cubicle worker goes back to his job* proof that even death can't stop young love* a boy and his dog meet up again but not as either expects* a customer returns to an all-you-can-eat b...

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 ecle...

Don't panic. Here are fifteen funny stories to get you through the pandemic, because laughter is infectious.Stories by James Husum, Bill Bush, Nic Steven, Elizabeth McCleary, Gregg I. Veg, Sarah Neuen, Sabrina Rosen, Vanessa Wells, Juneta Key, Jemma Weir, VS Stark, and Katharina Gerlach