Jemima Pett has been writing flash fiction for over ten years. This series features themed volumes of the best of them. From well-loved hapless heroes like Sir Woebegone, to families emerging from the Covid-19 crisis, from Pete and the Swede encountering legendary people in space, to the retelling of tales with a rat's twisty tail. Perfect for the pocket, whether on paper or on your phone. Read at the bus stop, settle down by the fire. The choice is yours.

Unexpected Twisty Tales

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Critters and Crises: a Flash Fiction Menagerie by
Series: Unexpected Twisty Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 25,390. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2021 by Princelings Publications. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
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In my ten years of short-story writing there are definitely favourite themes. Between these pages you’ll find dragons and other fantasy animals, cats, rats, insects, guinea pigs, birds, cows, foxes, bears, raccoons, sea creatures, viruses, and supernatural beasts. Some are straightforward nature stories, but most are fantasy, speculative fiction, weird, or a mixture of genres, a mash-up.
Greed and Retribution: The Carruthers Collection and Other Twisty Tales by
Series: Unexpected Twisty Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 30,150. Language: English. Published: May 6, 2021 by Princelings Publications. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Carruthers is a less likeable Indiana Jones. He channels the classic adventurers of the past, all mixed in with my father’s adventures in Africa in the 1930s. Among these flash fiction stories there are other collectors of ancient or dubious goods that maybe should have been left behind. Some are even quite nice people. Whoever they are, I think they all deserve what they get. Mostly.
Time and Tinplate: Sir Woebegone and Other Timely Tales by
Series: Unexpected Twisty Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,000. Language: English. Published: June 10, 2021 by Princelings Publications. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories
There was a time when Sir Woebegone was merely a character mentioned in passing. Now he has a series of tales, all resulting from his ineptitude and method of travelling time or space (or both). Fortunately, other time travellers are more intelligent - some more than human, some less so, and some, well... some may develop from us if we're lucky. And sometimes people can be in two places at once.
Weird and Weirder: The Horse-Drawn Lighthouse and Other Unexpected Tales by
Series: Unexpected Twisty Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,960. Language: English. Published: July 8, 2021 by Princelings Publications. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal
Smugglers moving a whole lighthouse? People turning into animals? Scarecrows attacking a village? These and other strange and atmospheric flash fiction stories will get you thinking and wondering. What on earth will happen next?
Snowflakes and Shivers: Heart-Warming and Toe-Curling Seasonal Tales by
Series: Unexpected Twisty Tales. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,530. Language: English. Published: October 7, 2021 by Princelings Publications. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Flash fiction, Fiction » Holiday » Christmas
Fantastic beasts leave their footprints in the snow; Christmas tree fairies reflect on their lives; snowflakes discover their destiny; raccoons save Father Christmas, and some randy space cadets have the Christmas of their dreams.. These and other short stories with a twist will delight and tingle your nerves in a seasonal flash fiction collection from Jemima Pett.