Lucid: A Collection of Experimental Flash Fiction

by Janice Abel, Mylinda Abert, Rob Astor

Experimental fiction—it's not for everyone.

Imagine life as a newspaper, see the truth about Samson and Delilah, learn to unlearn, and find the perfect charismatic cliche character in these 20 flash fiction stories. Enjoy the emerging style of flash fiction. Because these stories are short, and captivating, they are perfect for reading on the subway commute to work, during a quick coffee break, or even at the end of a long day.

Flash fiction by Janice Abel, Mylinda Abert, Rob Astor, William Blome, Roy Buck, Matthew Dexter, Doug Donnan, Amanda England, Hannah Ferris, Nicholas Harmon, Kyle Hemmings, Renoir Gaither, Bartholomew Klick, Ronald Koppelberger, Petur Kristensen, Torkel Lundberg, Karen McCreedy, Preston Randall, Haiya Sarwar, Bill Schachter, Melanie Surani, Alison Thalhammer

What Is Flash Fiction?

Flash fiction is short form stories that can be told in 50-1500 words. Also art, according to FictionBrigade. It's a genre of its own. Not poetry, not quite short stories, but delightful slices of life that can each be read in one sitting.

60 pages, ebook

First published September 12, 2012

Reviews

[Mirrani · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a combination of very short stories, some only a page long. It's not a long read and it's not usually a meaningful one, but some of the stories in this collection were thought provoking or poetic or contain interesting or creative concepts. Most of what I read I had to read a few times to try and get the meaning of the words, but there were some stories, that I honestly enjoyed.

For those who don't know, these stories are creative and defy explanation. This is the kind of fiction that gives life to newspapers or has a doll possessed by a late family member or turns the sun into a living, talking being. Each story is unique and each is worth a read in its own way.

Note: Though this book was a free gift from the author, the content of my review was in no way influenced by the gifting. The book speaks for itself and my review would have been worded just this way even if I'd gone out and bought it. I also give bonus points for Text To Speech enabling on Kindle format.... but that also wasn't a factor in the above review.

[Rachelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Lucid" is the perfect title for this collection of flash fiction. The imagery the authors used , and the originality of some of these stories formed vivid pictures in my mind. I especially enjoyed the first story; the editors did a good job with deciding to use it as the opener. The only criticism I have is that there were several mistakes with punctuation and missing words.