Flashes

Got a few minutes? Enjoy some fiction in a flash. Entertainment express. Flashes is a collection of unique and satisfying quick reads you can easily squeeze into your busy schedule. In a matter of minutes, you can go underground into the Bear Creek Coal Mine and participate in the ritual of greasing a man, and meet a pig farmer who becomes his own bacon. Look inside the heart of an anorexic whose obsession with exercise causes her to lose the one thing that matters more to her than being thin. Meet a good father who has a lapse in judgment that tears his whole world apart. Get inside the head of a schizophrenic at the very instant the disorder takes hold of his life. Not in the mood for an emotional experience? Read about the hilarious antics of a second grader who might just be the luckiest budding pyromaniac you will ever meet. Then have lunch with Molly, and Kayla, and share their unique take on beauty, or visit the Magnolia trailer court and bear witness to the remarkable power of positive thinking. Go ahead, read, you have the time.