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    A Flash in the Pan?
    A Flash in the Pan?
    A Flash in the Pan?
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    A Flash in the Pan?

    By Mark Webb

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    Ever wonder why aliens don't visit Earth? Or what coffee a demon likes to drink? Or how bureaucracy could really screw up a grand space adventure? A Flash in the Pan? is a collection of speculative flash fiction and short stories that answers these questions and more.

    The collection includes the following speculative fiction stories:

    - Beware Antipodean Shores (50 words)
    - Shipwrecked (500 words)
    - The Gloriously Cunning Plan (500 words)
    - Make Mine a Macchiato (500 words)
    - Striking Twice (500 words)
    - In the Service of the Public (500 words)
    - The Devil Wears Ugly Shapeless Garments Covered in Dog Hair (500 words)
    - The Regersek Zone (500 words)
    - Hindsight is a Bitch (50 words)
    - Authentic Empathy (500 words)
    - Wefting the Warp (4,300 words)
    - Showdown (5,100 words)

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Webb
    Release dateNov 11, 2012
    ISBN9781301998791
    A Flash in the Pan?
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    Mark Webb

    Mark is a writer for Doomy Doom Books and has performed many societal functions, from chef, to lab tech, to child health clerk, to teacher, to Kafkaesque government contract worker.Mark has been writing speculative fiction for some time, for pleasure and has recently begun publishing his work. He is currently based in Leeds, UK and when not writing, Mark is often found cooking or trying to acquire psychedelic rock albums.Mark is a close friend of the sentient foam that underpins the galaxy and so possesses invaluable knowledge of all space things and suchlike. This helps make all Mark’s stories 100% true.

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