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    Flashes of Lightning: 52 Short, Short Stories
    Flashes of Lightning: 52 Short, Short Stories
    Flashes of Lightning: 52 Short, Short Stories
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    Flashes of Lightning: 52 Short, Short Stories

    By Neil Tarpey

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    Flashes of Lightning contains fifty-two fiction stories (each one 101 words or less) that touch the reader's funny bone, heart, mystery-solving mind and sometimes, dark side. What drives this collection of economical stories are a medley of memorable characters and a tight combination of realistic dialog, interior monologues and irony. The cast of characters€”both likeable and despicable€”have motives varying from healthy to diabolical, despite the limited word counts preventing detailed back stories. The stories take place in a variety of settings, including the desert, forests, a funeral home, beaches, bayou, basements, bars, cliffs, churches, a counseling session, a wedding reception, Ireland, New York City, and Paris. Characters include scoundrels, liars, cheats, murderers, hit men, psychics, ghosts, sleepwalkers, evil faeries, cats, dogs, a horse and a skunk
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDaniel & Daniel Publishers
    Release dateOct 14, 2020
    ISBN9781564748072
    Flashes of Lightning: 52 Short, Short Stories
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    Neil Tarpey

    Neil Tarpey hails from New York City, and lives with his wife and their two dogs along Northern California's redwood coast. He earned M.A. degrees in Teaching Writing and Counseling Psychology from Humboldt State University, and a B.A. in English from St. Bonaventure. He worked a combined forty-one years as a substance abuse counselor, college instructor and sports writer. Eighteen of Neil’s micro or flash fiction stories and five of his poems have appeared in print or online. Poet

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      Flashes of Lightning - Neil Tarpey

      There are a lot of scoundrels in your stories, my wife Judi remarked about Flashes of Lightning, and I agree. Nevertheless, this book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is coincidental.

      The following periodicals first published the following stories:

      A Quiet Courage: Hitchhiker (2015)

      CR Poets & Writers: Not in the Stars (2015)

      Crack the Spine: Family Reunion (2015)

      North Coast Journal: Handgun Wedding (2009); All Bets Are Off (2012); The French Confession (2012); Something About This Stinks (2012); Mistaken Identity (2013); A Small Yellow Cap (2013);

      The Last Lunch (2013); The Frog Clan (2014)

      101 Words: Bad Reception (2015)

      Postcard Shorts: Wanda Tries Speed Dating (2015); Cupid’s Coffee (2016)

      Red Fez Magazine: Huckleberry Pie (2015); Miss Todd (2015);

      The Freezer (2015); Flounder (2015); Volunteer Labor (2016)

      Short, Fast, and Deadly: The Lost Wallet (2012)

      Copyright © 2016 by Neil Tarpey

      All rights reserved

      Printed in the United States of America

      ISBN 978-1-56474-807-3

      The interior design and the cover design of this book are intended for and limited to the publisher’s first print edition of the book and related marketing display purposes. All other use of those designs without the publisher’s permission is prohibited.

      Published by Fithian Press

      A division of Daniel and Daniel, Publishers, Inc.

      Post Office Box 2790

      McKinleyville, CA 95519

      www.danielpublishing.com

      Book design: Studio E Books, Santa Barbara, studio-e-books.com

      Distributed by SCB Distributors (800) 729-6423

      library of congress cataloging-in-publication data

      Names: Tarpey, Neil, 1951- author.

      Title: Flashes of lightning : 52 short, short stories / by Neil Tarpey.

      Description: McKinleyville, California : Fithian Press, 2016.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2016013970 | ISBN [first printed edition] 9781564745903 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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