| Category: | Fantasy - General |
|---|---|
| Author: | Don Tassone |
| Publisher: | Independently Published |
| Publication Date: | September 8, 2026 |
| ASIN: | B0DGSRKKFV |
is a collection of one
hundred ultra-short stories, organized into “Yesterday,” “Today,” and
“Tomorrow,” that distills human experience into potent, bite-sized narratives.
In “Whole,” a man amputates a dead branch from a cherished cherry tree to save
it, then applies that lesson to his own life. “Changing Fortunes” finds a
millionaire and a dishwasher swapping bodies through a ghost’s wish-grant,
discovering that youth and wealth both carry hidden costs. “The Man on TV”
shocks an overindulgent executive into choosing health and family over excess.
“One Friday Afternoon” rescues a lonely Gen Z youth from isolation by an
invitation to prom. “Into the Sea” satirizes demagogic leadership as followers
march blindly into water. In “Hal,” the last human employee in an AI-dominated
world literally pulls the plug on automation. Ranging from nostalgic to
dystopian, these flashes capture timeless emotions and timely anxieties.
Don Tassone’s prose is deceptively simple, wielding allegory, irony, and swift epiphanies to probe the human condition. The collection moves from intimate portraits of grief and connection, such as a family wrapping Norwegian scarves around a dying patriarch, to biting political satire about authoritarianism and technological overreach, reflecting on mortality, ambition, and the fragile bonds between people. Characters often arrive as the archetypal “everyman”—the overworked retiree, the lonely Gen Zer, the power-craving executive—yet earn emotional resonance through decisive, transformative moments. Flash 100: New Quick Fiction is infused with magical realism. The book is stylistic, and the author deftly uses body-swap fables to explore characters, symbolism to animate the amputated cherry branch, and extended metaphors to turn swimmers and puzzles into mirrors of social struggle. While the brevity of flash fiction sometimes leaves stories feeling like sketches rather than fully rendered scenes, the best pieces achieve a resonant, fable-like clarity, reminding readers that even in a few hundred words, fiction can awaken conscience and compassion.
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