Flash is the espresso of crime fiction. Dark, concentrated, with rich undertones, and definitely not for everyone. But once you have a taste for it, you’re hooked. There’s no going back. I’m speaking as both a reader and author of flash fiction. It’s addictive.

Every writer has a quick answer for, “What do you write?” I write the stuff where everyone has a very bad day and there are no happy endings.

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