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Published: Feb. 24, 2011
Words: 513 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458142337
Short description
Thirty mostly humorous stories, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and romance. Each story is less than 140 characters long (the length of a Twitter tweet).Extended description
"Though short in length, Two-Fisted Tweets is long on creative wit and humor that will have you laughing well after the final line has been read."Renee C. Fountain, BookFetish.
Tags
anthology, humor, fantasy, science fiction, funny, dark, collection, humour, flash fiction, free, bargain, flash, cheapAvailable ebook reading formats
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Reviews
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Review by:
Katy Sozaeva
on June 22, 2012 :
Book Info: Genre: Flash Fiction Reading Level: Adult
Disclosure: I picked up a free copy from Smashwords after reading Hutchings very funny The New Death and Others; I am happy to provide an honest review.
Synopsis: Thirty mostly humorous stories, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and romance. Each story is less than 140 characters long (the length of a Twitter tweet).
My Thoughts: The baby had its mother's eyes. In return for obedience, it promised to give them back. Just an example of the sort of silliness you can expect from these über-short flash-fiction stories. A very bizarre little book, but one I guarantee will make you laugh – and you do like to laugh, don’t you??
(review of free book)
Review by:
Katy Sozaeva
on June 22, 2012 :
Book Info: Genre: Flash Fiction Reading Level: Adult
Disclosure: I picked up a free copy from Smashwords after reading Hutchings very funny The New Death and Others; I am happy to provide an honest review.
Synopsis: Thirty mostly humorous stories, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and romance. Each story is less than 140 characters long (the length of a Twitter tweet).
My Thoughts: The baby had its mother's eyes. In return for obedience, it promised to give them back. Just an example of the sort of silliness you can expect from these über-short flash-fiction stories. A very bizarre little book, but one I guarantee will make you laugh – and you do like to laugh, don’t you??
(review of free book)
Review by:
Melinda Brasher
on May 15, 2012 :
Very clever! A few were a little crude for my taste, but overall a great read. I laughed out loud. It inspired me to try my hand at the microfiction genre. NOT easy.
(review of free book)
Review by:
aobibliophile
on July 15, 2011 :
initially, i thought something was wrong with the file i downloaded but a double and triple check confirmed that i had a good copy. i have never come across anything like this before and consider it a new reading and learning experience.
James Hutchings' thirty stories cover a range of genres and are written in less than 140 characters. my favorites are those about using rope, a stalker, a brain-eating creep, a lonely guy's web profile, a Pavlovian treatment for students and a Mama Monster. there are a few more but the ones i mentioned really grabbed my attention.
Two-Fisted Tweets is a very quick read that - pardon the pun - delivers a punch and then some. it is perfect for whiling the time away - waiting for a ride, commuting or waiting for your date to show up.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Mandy Shemery
on June 04, 2011 :
Cover
I enjoy the comic book look of the cover.
Plot
Is there really a plot? Of course, you could say there are 30 plots ... each one the length of a tweet (Twitter update ... for those not familiar with Twitter-speak). They're really there to spark your imagination. You can come up with your own back story and future ending for each of these tweets.
Overall
A unique 'book' that can ignite a reader's imagination, if they are so inclined to use it. Some were humorous and some .... not so much.
(reviewed long after purchase)
Review by:
Jess R.
on May 16, 2011 :
I won a copy of this book from the author, ironically by following a link I saw on Twitter.
A very short work, this book contains only a few pages, but I admit, if I'd seen most of these as Facebook statuses or on Twitter, I'd almost certainly have shared/retweeted them myself, because several literally made me LOL.
Told "Twitter style", each "story" is told in 140 characters or less, just as a tweet would be. While a couple of them fell flat for me, I especially loved the zombie one, Thomas the Train's thoughts, the stalking conference, the one about a mother's eyes, and the review for the New Yorker.
The only thing I wish was that it was longer (and don't men hate when women say that??). If Mr. Hutchings could publish a version that had, say, 200+ of these amusing shorts, I would not hesitate to spend my hard-earned money on it.
4/5 Stars, despite the fact it's very very brief.
(review of free book)
Review by:
Coral Russell
on March 09, 2011 :
(no rating)
I really liked the cover art for this anthology. "The achine is broken time m" had me cracking up. He is specializing in flash fiction so you know these items are a quick read, short and sweet. Enjoy!
(reviewed the day of purchase)