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16FF
A short anthology of sixteen flash fiction stories following on from the author's fifty-two story anthology. Stories Tree Huggers, Lonely Hearts, Terrorism School, Disappointing Toys, Wedding Dances, Beards, Disco Mirrorballs, Ecstasy, Geeks, Leet, Alzheimer's, Google Earth, Truffle Hunting, Sound Plasticity, Skin Rashes, Philosophically Programmed AI, Talking Dolls, Music Boxes...
54 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 13, 2012
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About the author
Marc Nash
18 books470 followers1) WORDS – voice
2) WORDS – communing
3) WORDS – emotional intelligence
4) WORDS – identity
5) WORDS – metaphor
6) WORDS – origins
7) WORDS – Origins
viii) WORDS – ideas
9) WORDS – alchemy
10)WORDS – trove
11)WORDS – meaning
12)WORDS – ambiguity
13)WORDS – stricture
14)WORDS – porousness
15)WORDS – vapour trails
16)WORDS – lyricism
17)WORDS – Being
18)WORDS – metastasis
19)WORDS – play
20)WORDS – inoculation against mortality
20 years in the counterculture working at Rough Trade Record Shop, now working in freedom of expression NGO world. I hope my books are more than just the sum of the above. I used to be a playwright, but then started writing more for dancers and physical theatre performers. I like a challenge and I like to move out of my comfort zone. Now I’m a novelist and am writing more ‘voice’ than I ever did as a playwright. Go figure!
My Booktube review site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpw...
2) WORDS – communing
3) WORDS – emotional intelligence
4) WORDS – identity
5) WORDS – metaphor
6) WORDS – origins
7) WORDS – Origins
viii) WORDS – ideas
9) WORDS – alchemy
10)WORDS – trove
11)WORDS – meaning
12)WORDS – ambiguity
13)WORDS – stricture
14)WORDS – porousness
15)WORDS – vapour trails
16)WORDS – lyricism
17)WORDS – Being
18)WORDS – metastasis
19)WORDS – play
20)WORDS – inoculation against mortality
20 years in the counterculture working at Rough Trade Record Shop, now working in freedom of expression NGO world. I hope my books are more than just the sum of the above. I used to be a playwright, but then started writing more for dancers and physical theatre performers. I like a challenge and I like to move out of my comfort zone. Now I’m a novelist and am writing more ‘voice’ than I ever did as a playwright. Go figure!
My Booktube review site: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmpw...
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January 6, 2013
Just didn't get this at all... Maybe I'm not the target audience, but this was too damn clever for it's own good. To me it was just strings of words that took up space and left me none the wiser afterwords. Not my cup of tea At all!
January 8, 2013
Flash fiction isn't everyone's cup of tea. It can't even be compared to short stories, because it can be far more complex and layered, despite the wham bam thank you mam shortness of the pieces.
Nash likes to play with the complexity of words, whilst letting the reader have a quick painful peek at pent up emotions and subconscious fears.
Without going over each one individually I think there was an interesting almost obsessive link with parent, child, abuse and abandonment. Keeping in mind, that what makes flash fiction so different is how each reader relates or takes something individual from the read. Almost like the subjective experience of art. Flash fiction is the performance art of the scribe.
I received a free copy of this book for my review.
Nash likes to play with the complexity of words, whilst letting the reader have a quick painful peek at pent up emotions and subconscious fears.
Without going over each one individually I think there was an interesting almost obsessive link with parent, child, abuse and abandonment. Keeping in mind, that what makes flash fiction so different is how each reader relates or takes something individual from the read. Almost like the subjective experience of art. Flash fiction is the performance art of the scribe.
I received a free copy of this book for my review.
August 13, 2013
I like the cover, but after that 16FF went a bit downhill. Within a page, I reckoned that I wouldn't like it and after reading 3 of the stories (16%), I was certain.
Marc Nash writes pretty well, it's just that the stories are too abstract or uncompelling. They reminded me of those 5 minute Polish cartoons you see on C4 when something ends unexpectedly early - perfectly well made, just not really about anything.
Not my cup of tea at all. 2 stars out of 5.
Marc Nash writes pretty well, it's just that the stories are too abstract or uncompelling. They reminded me of those 5 minute Polish cartoons you see on C4 when something ends unexpectedly early - perfectly well made, just not really about anything.
Not my cup of tea at all. 2 stars out of 5.
March 13, 2013
16FF is a flash fiction anthology offering an interesting soul searching journey. Human relationships are put under the microscope, intelligent questions that serve as food for thought are asked. My favorite stories were ''While You Were Sleeping'' and '' Toys Will Be Toys'' for the sensitivity with which they were developed.
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