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"Reading I'm Not Supposed to Be Here and Neither Are You " copyright 2018 Kristin Fouquet For years, I’ve read Len Kuntz’s stories and poems online but had neglected to purchase one of his books. I finally resolved this by purchasing I’m Not Supposed to Be Here and Neither Are You (Unknown Press, 2016), a brilliant collection of flash fiction stories with evocative cover art by Emily Linstrom. Flash fiction is relatively new in the realm of literature. Some believe these very short stories are closer to prose poems. Even its definition is highly debated. Although bound by word count like short stories, novellas, and novels, this criterion is unclear with flash fiction. Some claim a story must be under a 1,000 words, less than 500, fewer than 250, 100, 50… Hemingway’s six-word story, “For Sale: Baby Shoes. Never Worn.” is an example of one of the shortest. With remarkable word efficiency, Kuntz writes stellar stories. In I’m Not Supposed to Be Here and Neither...

"Boarded Up House" copyright 2008 Kristin Fouquet A STANDARD PACK by Kristin Fouquet from   Twenty Stories   “ N o TV,” my wife said. “I want this week to be just about us as a family.” That’s how my vacation started, with a television  ban. We never seemed to have any money to actually go anywhere. So we’d just cocoon, you know, become mad reclusive types and not even answer the phone. Before my son was born, I’d take my week of vacation and we’d rent around twenty videos, buy bottles of booze and comfort food, and prepare to shut out the rest of the world. In the old days, she and I would get drunk watching whatever was on the tube or maybe a movie. If we were in the mood, we’d just have sex right there on the sofa, maybe on the rug, but you know, right there, right then, when we wanted to. Afterwards, I’d fix us some refresher drinks and we’d sit nude in the blue glow of the set. It was the best, like a hedonistic marathon. Sometimes, we’d forget...

"Untitled" copyright 1897 James Thiebaud I'm delighted to have my flash fiction story "Evie's Cure" published in Red Fez  Issue#103 .  Many thanks to the editors and readers!

All four of my titles are available at Amazon . Two of the books have been reduced drastically in price. Happy World Book Day! Happy reading!

"The Painter" copyright 2013 Kristin Fouquet I'm so pleased to have my flash fiction story, "The Painters," and the above companion photograph up at Angie's Diary. Many thanks, Angelica Pastorelli. The Painters

I'm wonderfully excited to have my new e-chapbook up at Amazon on All Saints' Day and Día de Muertos! Please click here