It's the end of the world as we know it. Fire is raining from the sky, monsters are rising from the deep, and the human race is caught in the middle. This collection features 31 flash-fictions in a range of genres and styles, which cross the globe to examine what happens when the planet is faced with ultimate extinction. There is love, excitement, death, mystery, adventure, sex, and humour, all wrapped up in a series of bite-sized stories. Apocalypse is the latest output from the mind of Calum Kerr, writer of Undead at Heart, Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the first in...
It's the end of the world as we know it. Fire is raining from the sky, monsters are rising from the deep, and the human race is caught in the middle. ...
In this collection, our intrepid heroine, Lucy Burkhampton, is orphaned and swindled out of her inheritance by her evil nemesis, Lord Diehardt. She must seek a way to prove her right to her family's wealth, to defeat her enemy, and more than anything, to stay alive. These stories are all that is left of this largely forgotten, but utterly unforgettable serial from the golden age of adventure. Lucy Burkhampton is a creation from the mind of Calum Kerr, the writer behind the flash-fiction collections Apocalypse, Lost Property and 31. This book is the second in the 2014 Flash365 series.
In this collection, our intrepid heroine, Lucy Burkhampton, is orphaned and swindled out of her inheritance by her evil nemesis, Lord Diehardt. She mu...
Unrelated strangers are being murdered in a brutal fashion. At each scene, the killer is leaving a chess board. The deaths seem to represent moves in some ghastly game. Now it's up to crime-scene cleaner Mike Chambers, with the help of the police, in the form of his friend, DC James Worth, to track down the killer and stop the trail of carnage. The Grandmaster is the latest output from the mind of Calum Kerr, author of Undead at Heart, Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the third in the 2014 Flash365 series.
Unrelated strangers are being murdered in a brutal fashion. At each scene, the killer is leaving a chess board. The deaths seem to represent moves in ...
An introductory book for new and experienced writers alike, on the wonders of flash-fiction, what it is, what makes it work, and how to write them. Topics include: Using Prompts Crafting Characters Unpicking Plots Using Dialogue Perspective and Structure Experimentation Reflection Editing and Rewriting Dr Calum Kerr, academic, flash-fiction writer and Director of National Flash-Fiction Day UK, shares the knowledge and experience he has gained from years of writing, reading, teaching and publishing flash-fictions.
An introductory book for new and experienced writers alike, on the wonders of flash-fiction, what it is, what makes it work, and how to write them. To...
One office. Many lives. It is that time of day: the time for poorly-filled, pre-packaged sandwiches; the time to run errands you won't have enough time for; the time to fall in love, to kill or be killed, to take advice from an alien. It's the Lunch Hour. This collection of thirty flash-fictions examines the life of the workers in an office during the one time of day when they have the freedom to be who they want to be. It is linked series of stories from Calum Kerr, the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections.
One office. Many lives. It is that time of day: the time for poorly-filled, pre-packaged sandwiches; the time to run errands you won't have enough tim...
This, the 3rd annual anthology from National Flash-Fiction Day, sees a wide range of writers telling us their carefully crafted stories about the wonders of the world and beyond. Given the theme of 'The Senses' these writers have responded in unexpected ways to produce tales of love and betrayal, hope and despair, life and death. Writers include sci-fi and crime best-seller Michael Marshall Smith, crime novelist Sarah Hillary, Costa Short-Story Prize 2014 winner Angela Readman, NFFD Director Calum Kerr and a host of others including Nuala Ni Chonchuir, Nik Perring, Nigel McLoughlin, Cathy...
This, the 3rd annual anthology from National Flash-Fiction Day, sees a wide range of writers telling us their carefully crafted stories about the wond...
Time. It's running out. It's flying. It's the most precious thing, and yet it never slows, never stops, never waits. This collection sees the birth of time-travel and all the terrible and wonderful possibilities it might bring. We visit the past, the future, and sometimes a present we no longer recognise. In these 31 stories, Calum Kerr weaves his usual flash-fiction magic to make us laugh, and cry, to hope and despair. And it's all about time. Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections.
Time. It's running out. It's flying. It's the most precious thing, and yet it never slows, never stops, never waits. This collection sees the birth of...
Bob and Jim have been friends for forty years, but still have plenty to say to each other - usually accompanied by a libation or two. Their topics are many and various, from the state of the world to the state of their health, from the rich and famous to the rich and infamous, and all of it is underscored with the duo's constant wit and friendship. This collections shines a light on an enduring relationship, the ups and downs, and the prospect of oncoming mortality. It is funny and poignant, and entirely told in dialogue. Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the...
Bob and Jim have been friends for forty years, but still have plenty to say to each other - usually accompanied by a libation or two. Their topics are...
One Family. Seven Generations. A collection of 31 flash-fictions, spanning the years from 1865 to 2014, following a single family as it grows and changes with the years. These are stories which cover war and peace, birth and death, love and loss, all set against the background of change which was the journey from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. But, more than anything, they are stories of people and of family. Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections
One Family. Seven Generations. A collection of 31 flash-fictions, spanning the years from 1865 to 2014, following a single family as it grows and chan...
