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Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
Flash O'Lantern contains 13 original award-winning Halloween flash fiction short stories of 1,000 words or less and 13 noteworthy events that happened in October including:
Famous People in October:
Edgar Allan Poe (died), Bela Lugosi (born), Vincent Price (died) and two others!
Movies/TV released in October:
Halloween (1978), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), The Evil Dead and Saw (2004) and The Twilight Zone (1959)
Flash O'Lantern contains flash fiction and non-fiction that will illuminate your Halloween reading bag.
Famous People in October:
Edgar Allan Poe (died), Bela Lugosi (born), Vincent Price (died) and two others!
Movies/TV released in October:
Halloween (1978), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), The Evil Dead and Saw (2004) and The Twilight Zone (1959)
Flash O'Lantern contains flash fiction and non-fiction that will illuminate your Halloween reading bag.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 23, 2011
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About the author
Todd Russell
8 books105 followersTodd Russell loves reading and writing atmospheric, fast-paced, scary, character-driven stories. Mental Shrillness, a collection of horror twist ending short stories, was his first book.
His debut novel, Fresh Flesh, was published September 29, 2011 and is available in paperback and ebook. He is working on more books.
He lives in the small city of Orting, Washington overlooking beautiful, active and deadly, Mount Rainier.
His debut novel, Fresh Flesh, was published September 29, 2011 and is available in paperback and ebook. He is working on more books.
He lives in the small city of Orting, Washington overlooking beautiful, active and deadly, Mount Rainier.
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November 12, 2011
If you loved sitting around a campfire, as a kid, and spinning quick yarns to scare the 'bejeezus' out of your friends, then you'll really enjoy
Flash O'Lantern: 13+ Stories
, a collection of flash fiction tales by horror writer/novelist Todd Russell.
Flash O'Lantern presents 13 Flash horror stories interspersed with Russell's own thematically-related commentaries about memorable October events and trivia. The stories deliver quick, light, entertaining reads, and the commentaries provide plenty of great water-cooler conversational grist. Together they make Flash O'Lantern particularly good reading for people on the go. Here are my four favorite flash fiction offerings from the book:
Brush is the creepy story of a homeless guy who, let's say, bites off more than he can chew, when he hijacks a kid's Halloween goody bag. ( I think the National Dental Association should purchase reprint rights to this one and distribute them in dental offices nationwide.)
Graveyard Crazies offers a fun, yet spooky, take on working the mid-night (graveyard) shift in a supermarket. (Great atmospherics, and some well-done tension-relieving humor.)
Remdee Gate won me over immediately with the imaginative concept of the gate itself – an altogether new idea that I've never come across before in sci-fi/horror fantasy writing.
And finally, I found Rachel's Number to be a quick, but haunting, story.
Todd is currently offering Flash O'Lanterns: 13+ Stories for FREE at Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... . I'd quickly grab a copy before his mercenary tendencies take over!
Flash O'Lantern presents 13 Flash horror stories interspersed with Russell's own thematically-related commentaries about memorable October events and trivia. The stories deliver quick, light, entertaining reads, and the commentaries provide plenty of great water-cooler conversational grist. Together they make Flash O'Lantern particularly good reading for people on the go. Here are my four favorite flash fiction offerings from the book:
Brush is the creepy story of a homeless guy who, let's say, bites off more than he can chew, when he hijacks a kid's Halloween goody bag. ( I think the National Dental Association should purchase reprint rights to this one and distribute them in dental offices nationwide.)
Graveyard Crazies offers a fun, yet spooky, take on working the mid-night (graveyard) shift in a supermarket. (Great atmospherics, and some well-done tension-relieving humor.)
Remdee Gate won me over immediately with the imaginative concept of the gate itself – an altogether new idea that I've never come across before in sci-fi/horror fantasy writing.
And finally, I found Rachel's Number to be a quick, but haunting, story.
Todd is currently offering Flash O'Lanterns: 13+ Stories for FREE at Smashwords http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/... . I'd quickly grab a copy before his mercenary tendencies take over!
December 8, 2011
A most excellent read from a great author.
February 2, 2025
Flash O'Lantern has 13 stories and 13 history lessons about October events.
I didn't find any of the stories to be scary, and all are too short. All of the stories are only 1 to 4 pages long. I understand that they are only suppose to be quick "flash stories", but I still needed a touch more.
Story #7 Payday Assistance was probably the best. It almost had me. But I didn't like the ending.
As far as the historical events, I could have done without the history lessons. I just wanted to read a few good, quick stories.
I would possibly recommend this book to anybody who only has 2 or 3 minutes at a time, and just wants something to quick to read.
I didn't find any of the stories to be scary, and all are too short. All of the stories are only 1 to 4 pages long. I understand that they are only suppose to be quick "flash stories", but I still needed a touch more.
Story #7 Payday Assistance was probably the best. It almost had me. But I didn't like the ending.
As far as the historical events, I could have done without the history lessons. I just wanted to read a few good, quick stories.
I would possibly recommend this book to anybody who only has 2 or 3 minutes at a time, and just wants something to quick to read.
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