Monster Flash: Small Stories, Big Monsters

"There’s a girl next door who puts dead flies in her sandwiches. She catches them on curls of flypaper, which she hangs from her porch, and uses tweezers to remove their bodies once they’ve stopped twitching." - Christopher Stanley, FledglingsMonster Flash is a collection of flash fiction short stories from the winners of The Arcanist's Monster Flash Contest. Dive into new worlds where monsters lurk under your bed, are summoned from other realms, and much more. Stories include works by Christopher Stanley (first place winner), Aeryn Rudel (second place), Frances Pauli (third place), Lauren Stoker (fourth place), and two runner-up stories by Jess Simms and Austen Read-McFarland. Brought to you by the editors of The ArcanistPraise for The Arcanist:"Since its launch, The Arcanist has stood out as a safe harbor for brilliant, emerging writers who have found their way to writing plot-filled stories that contain magic, future tech, ghosts, talking dogs, talking unicorns, but also gorgeous, often-times lyrical writing, nuanced and complex characters." - Manuel Gonzales, The Arcanist: Year Two

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