Solve a mermaid's problem…

Step off the edge of a roof…

Dig up a grave at midnight…

Take advice from a fortune cookie…

Visit the last library…

Meet a bridge troll…

And more…

In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the trace of lighting in the sky, each is unique and interesting.

These wildly different flash stories delight, astonish, scare, and inspire. Enjoy 64 delightfully eclectic tales. Like your flash fiction intriguing with a twist? Discover the diversity and check out It Happened in a Flash.

These stories are included:

Don't Stop Believing Joyce Sully

A Fresh Start Troy Pennie

Nonsense Katharina Gerlach

Fist-bump Tuff Gartin

The Dare Lexy Stanton

Unicorn Ruth Sard

Queen of Swords Moira K. Brennan

Liar, Liar Barbara Lund

0—The Fool Raven O'Fiernan

And Music Will Set You Free Marya Miller

The Wisteria Princess Nika Cantabile

Fair Folk Hannetjie Joubert

D-A-V-E Ken Bristow

Desperate Times Rebecca W. Hansen

Nothing New Alex F. Fayle

Art for the Cure Connie Cockrell

Meltdown at Markin Four Elizabeth McCleary

Touching the Edge Ava Fairhall

Cowboy Heroes S.R. Olson

Knighthood Rachel Kovaciny

The Book Thief Angela Wooldridge

Vengeance Never Undone Dwayne Allemao

Home Storm Weaver

Stronger Oren Litwin

The Trouble With Aunt Flo… Nina Hobson

Boxcar Revolution Laura Wilson-Anderson

The Touch Chaitali Gawade

The Last Library Ky Moffet

Corrected Vision Devlyn Dunne

Weather Report Sylvie Granville

Awakening Annais Ryder

Tacky Timothy Couch

The Long, Concrete Ditch R.C. Blatter

Write & Wrong Charles Hoge

Magic Trick Amberlyn Pryor

A Clean Home is a Happy Home Dana Fischer

Waystation Samantha Hulatt

Bad Day Sarah Neuen

Reaching Consensus VS Stark

The Hunted J.L. Perry

The Wyrm Turns Peg Fisher

Saveyour Mike Lucas

Hunted Eileen Mueller

The Rescue Nicky Penttila

The Magic Threads Kirsten Bolda

Girls Can't be Knights Ernesto I. Ramirez

Stilettos Charlotte Henley Babb

The Proud Aide Elaine S. Milner

Bloody Lucky James Roecourt

Will the Real Captain Amazo Please Stand Up? James Husum

Frozen in Time Kent Pollard

Homebound Heidi Ferguson

The One that Got Away Lauren M. Catherine

A New Adventure Janna Willard

Shattered Kami Bataya

Twin Opportunities Marie Dowd

Aimee Meets the Bridge Troll Julia Mozingo

11th Hour Eliza K. Gillham

The Return Arlo Sharp

Into the Light Rachel Hobbs

Spacebullies Shana Bloom

Confucius Say Michael Eldridge

Freebie Holly Lisle

Now What? Tom Vetter