Flash Fiction February, (Paperback)

<p><strong>A Ghost Hunters Lore Collection</strong></p><p>When muses become obnoxiously ever-present, the easy way out is to write their stories. As fiction - even though you both know they are very real. However, I'd been living and working in the world of non-fiction for years now, and happily funding my research this way.</p><p>But the itch to dip back into the heady worlds of fiction was still making my life uncomfortable on a regular basis.</p><p>It was an author named Bradley Ramsey who at last successfully tempted me back into dipping my toe back into those fiction realms.</p><p>First, he ran this Substack challenge last year - to write a single story every day during January. And I watched it from the outside, bemused and entertained.</p><p>But then, in January he did something exceedingly rare. He read and reviewed one of my stories. And honestly liked it.</p><p>Because I'd gone the fast-release route for years on Amazon against the no-feedback, no sales regimen there. Testing the idea that enough organic discovery would eventually prompt people to buy my books. However, as I discovered. Amazon was the graveyard of writer's hopes - because they "had" to promote new works every month. So that by three months, any books you've published literally disappeared - unless you "wanted" to run ads on their platform.</p><p>On Substack, Ramsey had hit into the marvelous idea of building a community first. And publish your works for free. Meanwhile, several authors took their works (which started out by answering his prompts) and published them as a collection - and selling them.</p><p>On the heels of Ramsey's review, he started this year's Flash Fiction February challenge. Write a new story, no more than 1500 words long, one each day for 28 days. I was hooked. And my fast-release processes engaged again.</p><p>However, I mostly knew my own book universe of the Ghost Hunters - and used his prompts to re-explore stories I'd started writing in 2018. Those stories had recurring characters exploring real-life themes inside a fantasy mystery writer's world. So these published stories provided characters here as well as settings pulled from them.</p><p>Sure, it was telling people that this huge universe, - covering several dozen short stories - was out there waiting for them. Days and months of entertainment. And I'd already published many of these stories on Substack itself.</p><p>At the end of this challenge, I was exhausted. And had a pile of stories. So the second half of my rapid-release habits showed up. I compiled all these in order, cleaned up the links in them, and cobbled this book you're reading out of them.</p><p>So, yes, I'll give away as many copies of this as I can. Because: it's decent entertainment, and if you like this, there's lots more waiting for you.</p><p>Simple.</p><p>And so, let me leave you to it.</p><p>P.S. And as usual, find me on Substack. Like, share, re-stack, subscribe. Also, that's all easier through the app...</p>

• Flash Fiction February, (Paperback)
• Author: Living Sensical Press
• ISBN: 9798233844140
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-03-04
• Page Count: 244