Signs & Oddities

“It’s a rain of toads, Gloria. And me without my umbrella.”
A little horror, a little humor. A dash of fantasy. A ghost story and a twisted fairy tale or two. That's what this quirky collection of flash fiction is made of. It's a mad sampling of short-short stories: the wondrous, the grim, and the wacky all compiled together in one eccentric little book. 

20 tiny stories, 77 pages, 100% fun.

  • Signs:  What are the signs that you've found The One for you?
  • The Horizon:  Alone in a lifeboat, a shipwreck survivor descends into madness.
  • Lucky Day:  You're late.  You step in dog poop.  It's just not your day.  Or is it?
  • Self-Preservation:  An actress in failing health has one last chance to preserve her beauty.
  • Awake:  It's a dumb grownup party where everyone cries and no one gets any presents.
  • Voice Mail:  Loreen isn't answering her phone.
  • The Faerie Bed:  When you wed a faerie prince, you sleep in a faerie bed.
  • Trials:  Judge, jury, lawyers, defendant.  Some trials have nothing to do with the courtroom.
  • The Fish:  An aquarium hobbyist orders a fish online.  What he gets is something unexpected.
  • Shadows:  We are always with you.
  • His Closet:  He new husband has a secret.  What is he hiding in there?
 
  • The Last Selkie:  Is she really the last of the seal-folk?
 
  • The "D" Word:  Dieting is enough to send a fellow off the deep end.
 
  • The Fine Print:  Nobody ever reads the fine print.
 
  • Lucid:  This dream feels so read.
 
  • Promises:  Larry never keeps his promises.
 
  • Charybdis:  Let sleeping monsters lie.
 
  • A Sudden Storm:  A sailor tries to impress his date... and goes too far.
 
  • Saturday Night at Cinderella's:  A hundred desperate girls and one eligible prince.
 
  • Visitation:  What if you were praying and God actually showed up?