Flashdogs : Solstice : Dark

by Mark A. King (Editor), David Shakes (Editor), Emily June Street (Editor)

The Flashdogs are back with another installment of fierce flash fiction. Walk through our solstice portal and explore an imaginarium where fantasies become reality. Here, age-old conflicts play out in dreamscapes: good against evil, light against dark, the one against the many. Here, even mundane reality has sharp twists and fine edges. In doses of a thousand words or less, the Flashdogs will transfix you with their deep, dark tales of the winter solstice and leave you hungry for more.

216 pages, Paperback

First published June 17, 2015

About the author

Mark A. King was born and raised in London and is from Irish descent .
Metropolitan Dreams, his debut novel, was released in January 2017.
He is passionate about short fiction and has been published in several magazines and anthologies.
King is a founder of FlashDogs, a global community of talented flash fiction writers who have donated the proceeds of their anthologies to global children's literacy charities.
King created the increasingly popular #vss365 hashtag on Twitter to encourage daily short fiction writing, this work has now been taken forward by a team of dedicated volunteers.
His work has been described as gritty and realistic, and reviewers have compared his work to Neil Gaiman and Philip K. Dick.
He is working on Metropolitan Fear, a sequel to Metropolitan Dreams which will be based in New York.
King is honoured to be a British Fantasy Society Emerging Horizons author.
He lives with his family in Norfolk, England.

Reviews

[Emily Street · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a clever play with structure, The FlashDogs released Volume II of their series of anthologies in two parts, one inspired by the summer solstice, and the other, DARK, inspired by midwinter. Two interesting photo prompts serve as anchor points for the widely varying stories presented in the DARK volume, one called “City of Light” and one called “Wall.” Both images are evocative and brought out strong stories from the FlashDogs, who never cease to startle me with their vast capacity for both traditional storytelling and truly experimental writing. This volume leaned more heavily towards the sci-fi and fantasy genres, with stand out pieces by Sarah Cain, Chris Milam, Mark A. King, David Borrowdale, Kristen Falso-Capaldi, and Nancy Chenier. If you are a fan of flash fiction, don’t miss either installment, DARK or LIGHT, in FlashDogs Volume II.