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Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction
Fifty tales of spine-chilling horror from the pen of Kevin G. Bufton, each told in under a thousand words, these dark and twisted slices of flash fiction will curdle the very marrow in your bones.
From the unseen beast of ‘In the Darkness’ to the dental nightmares of ‘Pulling Teeth’, Dark Lightning: 50 Flashes of Fearsome Fiction, brings you bite-sized chunks of fear and dread, from the undisputed master of micro horror.
From the unseen beast of ‘In the Darkness’ to the dental nightmares of ‘Pulling Teeth’, Dark Lightning: 50 Flashes of Fearsome Fiction, brings you bite-sized chunks of fear and dread, from the undisputed master of micro horror.
164 pages, Paperback
First published December 31, 2013
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About the author
Kevin G. Bufton
27 books25 followersBetween 2009 and 2017 Kevin G. Bufton wrote a total of sixty-nine short stories, which appeared in anthologies, magazines, and websites the world over.
His entire back catalogue can be found in his 2017 collection - The Basement Sessions: Collected Fiction (2009-2017).
Since 2017, he has chosen not to write any more fiction, content to columns and book reviews for his website.
He lives in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, with his wife and their two children, where he writes his darkest fiction whilst wearing his brightest shirts.
He thinks the world could do with more rum.
His entire back catalogue can be found in his 2017 collection - The Basement Sessions: Collected Fiction (2009-2017).
Since 2017, he has chosen not to write any more fiction, content to columns and book reviews for his website.
He lives in Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, with his wife and their two children, where he writes his darkest fiction whilst wearing his brightest shirts.
He thinks the world could do with more rum.
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February 19, 2014
3.5 of 5 Stars Review copy
There is a very real challenge to writing flash fiction. How does one manage to create a beginning, middle and an end to a story in such an economy of words? Sometimes in fewer than 100 words? Think it's easy? Try it sometime.
Author, Kevin G. Bufton, manages to pull off this feat quite often in this collection of flash fiction.
Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction, aside from flirting with some dangerous alliteration in the title, runs the gamut of the horror genre, from humorous to creepy to downright disgusting. The problem, for me, was that for every gem I found there were two or three stories that were just common stones.
In the world of flash fiction, sometimes less is more, yet sometimes more could be more, as I occasionally found myself thinking, I wonder where the author could have taken this in a longer piece?
Overall, I'm glad I got to read Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction and could certainly recommend it as a bedside companion when you a need a few quick stories before nodding off for the night. Who knows, they may give you some nightmares, and that's always a good thing, right?
Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction is available now at Amazon.com.
There is a very real challenge to writing flash fiction. How does one manage to create a beginning, middle and an end to a story in such an economy of words? Sometimes in fewer than 100 words? Think it's easy? Try it sometime.
Author, Kevin G. Bufton, manages to pull off this feat quite often in this collection of flash fiction.
Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction, aside from flirting with some dangerous alliteration in the title, runs the gamut of the horror genre, from humorous to creepy to downright disgusting. The problem, for me, was that for every gem I found there were two or three stories that were just common stones.
In the world of flash fiction, sometimes less is more, yet sometimes more could be more, as I occasionally found myself thinking, I wonder where the author could have taken this in a longer piece?
Overall, I'm glad I got to read Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction and could certainly recommend it as a bedside companion when you a need a few quick stories before nodding off for the night. Who knows, they may give you some nightmares, and that's always a good thing, right?
Dark Lightning: Fifty Flashes of Fearsome Fiction is available now at Amazon.com.
March 1, 2014
Flash fiction is a difficult medium to work in. Many writers I've read who attempt it end up putting words on the page that don't exactly make sense or don't capture the reader's imagination. Mr. Bufton doesn't have that problem.
This book is a quick and fun read, just as flash fiction should be.
This book is a quick and fun read, just as flash fiction should be.
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