Flash Fiction Stories With Magical Realism (Flash Fiction Anth...

American actress Sherilyn Fenn said: “It’s not sometimes realistic to think that something magical can happen, but I think I look for the magic.” Many readers do as well. Here are 30 stories involving magical realism, tarot, and the paranormal. The tales primarily were selected from among the 438 stories found in Books 1 through 6, incl., of Cohen’s Creative Ink, Flashy Fiction anthologies. Included, as well, are selected offerings from Cohen’s two short-story anthologies, The Road Less Taken, as well as stories from Cohen’s Mementos series of anthologies. Most of the stories in the instant volume are 250 words or fewer in length. They are best compared to a handful of peanuts or M&M’s. Which is to say, they’re tiny, bite-sized morsels that won’t let you stop with one! The longer tales were added for those who seek something more substantial with which to curl up on a long winter night or better, on a beach in the hot summer sun.

About the Author

Theodore Jerome "Ted" Cohen is an award-winning author who has published more than ten novels—all but one of them mystery/thrillers—two books of short stories, twenty flash-fiction anthologies, and five anthologies of short stories and flash fiction. He also writes illustrated storybooks for children (K-3) in the series Stories for the Early Years as well as Young Adult (YA) novels under the pen name "Alyssa Devine." During the course of his 45-year career he worked as an engineer, scientist, CBS Radio Station News Service (RSNS) commentator, private investigator, US Army officer (CPT, Corps of Engineers), and Antarctic explorer. What he's been able to do with his background is mix fiction with reality in ways that even his family and friends have been unable to unravel!

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