Unlovable and Other Flash Fiction Tales

By Julie K. Taylor

Ever wanted to read something fun, but wasn’t sure if you want scary or sincere?
We all have those days

Good thing, there is Unlovable and Other Flash Fiction Tales

Author Julie K. Taylor, has masterfully combined a collection of stories that can warm your heart, make you check under your bed, or wonder if there are unseen heroes that go bump in the night.

"The Backpack"

Two factory workers Joey and Bateman find something in the woods that could be a game changer. The question is: is the change worth the price?

"The Picture"

Alex’s head is barely above water. After losing his wife, he and his son are at the brink of losing it all, until something shows up on the front doorstep.

"The Heist"
Ever wonder what was going through the minds of the robber that pulled of the crime of the century? Find out what happened the night the Isabella Stewart Garner Museum lost almost everything.

"From the Shadows"

Chelsea hated herself. All alone, standing in the rain, flashes of the act haunted her into shame. She felt alone...

Then he showed up.

"The Decision"

Weldon Blake was in a place he didn’t belong about to do something he would regret. He was at the end of his rope.

Then she walked in.

"Unlovable"

What happens when death becomes the hero of two children and the perspective they gain because of it.

"Survival"

Schaffer was not having a good night. You wouldn’t be having a good night either if you were in the middle of nowhere in a house with the redneck family from Hell that prefers their meat scared shitless and human.

Does he make it out or does he become the main course?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Julie K. Taylor
• Release date: Mar 31, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463366608

Julie K. Taylor

Julie K. Taylor is a comics writer working in fantasy, horror, supernatural, religious fantasy, drama, and superheroes stories. She is a student at Full Sail University where she is earning her BFA in Creative Writing and is the creator of the superhero comic Lady Phantom which is now in print. She is strong in the ancient Art of Wit and regularly writes and speaks off the cuff. She lives for the adventure and surprises in life, which she tries to convey in her work.

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Unlovable and Other Flash Fiction Tales

By Julie K. Taylor

Copyright by Julie K. 2019

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living, dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

The Backpack

The Picture

The Heist

From the Shadows

The Decision

Unlovable

Survival

About the Author

The Backpack 

An owl hooted as Joey Sinclair and his tag-along buddy, Bateman Jones, booked it out of the dense backwoods in the dead of night to a rust bucket of a pickup truck near the dirt road.  

Hell yeah. Joey shouted into the night sky. With his pretty boy smile and dark greaser style hair, he stripped himself of the black leather backpack, opened the passenger side door and tossed it on top his welding glasses.  

Bateman shook his head and ran his fingers through his dirty blonde hair. Man, I’m not so sure about this. 

I haven’t been surer in my sorry excuse of a life. Joey replied sporting a Cheshire grin. They are the ones who threw it in that hole. They shouldn’t have left the bag. What luck that tonight was when we brought out that haul of wood?   

He glanced back at Bateman, who was scratching like a cat with fleas. He asked, What’s with the nerves? It’s not like we robbed a bank. 

Joey whipped open the truck door and snatched the bag off the worn seat. He unzipped it and yanked out a stack of twenty-dollar bills. See this? Bateman nodded.  This, Joey shook the stack, is our ticket out of this state. Aren’t you tired of living a life that gets you nowhere? 

 But, Bateman snatched the money, "where did