Flash Fiction 40 Anthology - July 2009    by Flash Fiction 40
Price: Free! 33600 words. Language: English. Published by Mark Coker on July 20, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
In May 2009, Editor Unleashed and Smashwords co-sponsored The Flash Fiction 40 Contest. Writers submitted stories of 1,000 words or fewer on the Editor Unleashed forum. Maria Schneider, with the community's input, selected the winners. More than 280 writers took up the challenge and posted a story. Here, for your reading pleasure, are the top 40 stories.

A Brief Conversation with My Hair    by Russell Bradury-Carlin
Price: Free! 25630 words. Language: English. Published on March 1, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A collection of forty short literary humor pieces that have been featured on McSweeney's, Opium, and other websites. Titles include "The Calls of Cthulu", "Diary of a Grocery Cart", and "Dionysus: Party Clown". If you ever wondered if Allen Ginsburg could have put his talent to writing pay-per-click ads or how Calvin and Hobbes may have responded to reading Hemingway, you will find the answers.

Ensemble    by S. P. Elledge
Price: Free! 68350 words. Language: English. Published on February 1, 2009. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(4.50 from 2 reviews)
Thirteen short stories, comprising Mummified Couple Found in Peatbog, Wordblind,Mona and the Witchdoctor, After Ovid,Frog Baby,The Last Day of June (The Old Ones,Quintana Roo,from Impossible Musics I: The Omniphonium, Kisses, A Fever of Unknown Origin, Lazarus Risen, Game Over,and The Flight.

24:01 One Minute After    by Eric Diehl
Price: Free! 62260 words. Language: English. Published on January 13, 2012. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(4.00 from 3 reviews)
An anthology of horror, science fiction and fantasy short stories, some dark and some light but all challenging the bounds of your imagination. You will begin with an experiment in nano-biotechnology gone very wrong, end with an alternate reality on Olde Aearth, and in between experience everything from dragons and wizards to a hurricane and misadventures in space!

Savage Glen and Other Stories    by Ron Sanders
Price: Free! 102890 words. Language: English. Published on December 14, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(5.00 from 1 review)
A soul’s trove of stories. Twenty-nine of ’em, running the gamut from sci-fi to human interest. Horror, humor, philosophy, madness. And a special treat for all you cat lovers.

Headshots    by Idabel Allen
Price: Free! 29270 words. Language: English. Published on March 13, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(5.00 from 2 reviews)
This short story collection is loaded with shotgun blasts that deliver the goods on life in all its pain and glory. Inside, a boy learns how hard it is to be good in post war Mississippi, a father teaches his beloved daughter her place in the world, and an elderly doctor makes the ultimate sacrifice on a dying planet. All this, plus plenty more to keep an avid reader’s head engaged.

Episodes of Ecstasy    by Jeff Tikari
Price: Free! 32620 words. Language: English. Published on November 19, 2008. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
Eleven ecstatic stories. Stories that will leave an after-taste like that which lingers in your mouth hours after a particularly tasty meal.Stories to mull over, to assimilate, and to enjoy. All in all, a grand read!

For The Love Of God    by Francis Porretto
Price: $0.99 USD. 26390 words. Language: English. Published on February 20, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
(5.00 from 1 review)
For intelligent, literate Christians who dislike the bombast and apocalypticism of most religious fiction, and for Amiable Agnostics who occasionally feel the urge: Ten journeys in faith, replete with miracles, mysteries, gentle preachments, and the occasional what-if. Unlike other establishments, the doors of the church are never locked. All are welcome. All ye that labor, come unto Him!

Colored Shadows, Unsetting Suns    by Francis Porretto
Price: $0.99 USD. 41430 words. Language: English. Published on February 22, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
It's easy to depart from reality, far harder to make your departure a reality of its own. Herewith, ten short stories of what-if and might-be. Speculations that run the gamut from horror through science fiction to magic-based fantasy. Each departs from the natural law as we know it. Each insists on laws and a world of its own...but in no case what you would expect. Tread carefully.

This Is Not the End    by Shelby Davis
Price: Free! 22100 words. Language: English. Published on January 30, 2010. Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author.
A couple decide to divorce themselves from mainstream culture in an attempt to find food and life for later years, a family watches home movies when all else has been taken, the mentally ill are guided by the voices of folk music, and a man discovers a life on a city bus that he’d never thought possible. Plus six more.