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    Speed Dialing: 500-Word Flash Fiction
    Speed Dialing: 500-Word Flash Fiction
    Speed Dialing: 500-Word Flash Fiction
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    Speed Dialing: 500-Word Flash Fiction

    By John A Frederick

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    You may think 500 words aren't very much, but those few words can contain a whole world-of a split second or several lifetimes.

    Speed Dialing is twenty 500-word short stories that take you on journeys down a twisty road, off a cliff, up a tree, back in time, and off into space.

    John Frederick's quirky humor, paranormal perspective, a

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn A Frederick
    Release dateOct 10, 2023
    ISBN9781735115856
    Speed Dialing: 500-Word Flash Fiction

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