Spinneyhead Shorts 2: Fast Fictions

By Ian Pattinson

"Zeal
There wasn’t much left of Otto when they finally found him.
It takes dedication to dissemble a body so thoroughly with only steak knives and a kitchen blender."

Thirteen tales- from flash fiction to short stories- from Ian Pattinson. Encounter battling aliens, creepy graffiti, combat rats and the US Navy's least popular ship, amongst others. What they lack in words, these stories make up for in ideas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ian Pattinson
• Release date: Apr 3, 2011
• ISBN: 9781476000268

Ian Pattinson

Ian Pattinson was born in Bridgend, Wales, and has lived in Brazil, Lancashire, Cumbria, Manchester and now Salford.

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Spinneyhead Shorts 2

Fast Fictions

Ian Pattinson

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Copyright 2011 Ian Pattinson

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Zeal

There wasn’t much left of Otto when they finally found him.

It takes dedication to dissemble a body so thoroughly with only steak knives and a kitchen blender.

Rats of War

Snuffles the tenth and his pack were the deadliest rats on the planet. Spread out through and above the corn, they were about to prove it. The scouts had dropped from under the wings of the drone, the glider pods cutting furrows through the stalks as they landed. Urged on by conditioning and occasional remote reminders, they spread out and headed for the old farm buildings.

Out of the corn's cover, the scouts formed into four groups. Dodging from abandoned vehicle to discarded packing crate to rain gouged trench they made their ways to the nearest buildings. One waited outside as the others investigated. They went through the rooms in order and to plan, little twitches of anxiety telling them when anything too solid blocked communication. Above them, Snuffles circuited in the drone.

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Amelie was making a break for it. She had managed five feet in the last hour. Trussed up as she was, the best way to move was to brace her back against the