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A Russian drug baron is planning to flood the UK with Fentanyl, an opioid that is fifty times more potent than heroin and incredibly addictive and easy to manufacture.The DEA and the NCA need to stop the man in his tracks. But the only person who can help them is dead.

"In the mornings he brings me a word. Gift-wrapped with love he gives it to me like the reddest rose or the clearest diamond. This morning he gave me 'murmur'." - from 'Wordsmith'. Wordsmith is a short story collection from the master of flash fiction. Known for his tiny tales of excitement, adventure, horror and romance, Calum Kerr now brings us a career-spanning collection of his longer stories. As you would expect, there is a wide mix of genres, with stories that will make you smile, cry, scream and laugh.

Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel.

This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives.

It's the end of the world as we know it.Fire is raining from the sky, monsters are rising from the deep, and the human race is caught in the middle.This collection features 31 flash-fictions in a range of genres and styles, which cross the globe to examine what happens when the planet is faced with ultimate extinction. There is love, excitement, death, mystery, adventure, sex, and humour, all wrapped up in a series of bite-sized stories.Apocalypse is the latest output from the mind of Calum Kerr, writer of Undead at Heart, Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the first in the 2014 Flash365 series.

In this collection, our intrepid heroine, Lucy Burkhampton, is orphaned and swindled out of her inheritance by her evil nemesis, Lord Diehardt. She must seek a way to prove her right to her family's wealth, to defeat her enemy, and more than anything, to stay alive.These stories are all that is left of this largely forgotten, but utterly unforgettable serial from the golden age of adventure. Lucy Burkhampton is a creation from the mind of Calum Kerr, the writer behind the flash-fiction collections Apocalypse, Lost Property and 31. This book is the second in the 2014 Flash365 series.

An introductory book for new and experienced writers alike, on the wonders of flash-fiction, what it is, what makes it work, and how to write them. Topics include: Using Prompts Crafting Characters Unpicking Plots Using Dialogue Perspective and Structure Experimentation Reflection Editing and RewritingDr Calum Kerr, academic, flash-fiction writer and Director of National Flash-Fiction Day UK, shares the knowledge and experience he has gained from years of writing, reading, teaching and publishing flash-fictions.

Unrelated strangers are being murdered in a brutal fashion. At each scene, the killer is leaving a chess board. The deaths seem to represent moves in some ghastly game. Now it's up to crime-scene cleaner Mike Chambers, with the help of the police, in the form of his friend, DC James Worth, to track down the killer and stop the trail of carnage.The Grandmaster is the latest output from the mind of Calum Kerr, author of Undead at Heart, Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the third in the 2014 Flash365 series.

One office. Many lives.It is that time of day: the time for poorly-filled, pre-packaged sandwiches; the time to run errands you won't have enough time for; the time to fall in love, to kill or be killed, to take advice from an alien.It's the Lunch Hour.This collection of thirty flash-fictions examines the life of the workers in an office during the one time of day when they have the freedom to be who they want to be. It is linked series of stories from Calum Kerr, the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections.

Updated in a new edition, with a new Foreword and including the extra story 'The Second Spark.'Containing 31 stories written in the 31 days of January 2011, this collection of flash-fictions spans a wide range of genres and styles: from science-fiction to an unconventional love story, from pulp noir to the apocalypse, from magical realism to the magic of life. "There's a surreal fantasy about a town struck by an attack of metaphors, a futuristic investigation into prosthetic noses, and a poignant contemplation on holding hands. Calum Kerr's flash fictions are funny and moving and leap off the page with all the immediacy and urgency with which they were written." - David Gaffney, author of The Half Life of Songs "Such a treat... I was reading it thinking ah, so this is what good flash fiction is like. These should have won prizes and been lauded to the skies... The best and most energetic book of flash I've read for aeons " - Cathy Bryant, author of Contains Strong Language and Scenes of a Sexual Nature Calum Kerr is the director of National Flash--Fiction Day.

Time. It's running out. It's flying. It's the most precious thing, and yet it never slows, never stops, never waits.This collection sees the birth of time-travel and all the terrible and wonderful possibilities it might bring. We visit the past, the future, and sometimes a present we no longer recognise.In these 31 stories, Calum Kerr weaves his usual flash-fiction magic to make us laugh, and cry, to hope and despair. And it's all about time. Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections.

Bob and Jim have been friends for forty years, but still have plenty to say to each other - usually accompanied by a libation or two.Their topics are many and various, from the state of the world to the state of their health, from the rich and famous to the rich and infamous, and all of it is underscored with the duo's constant wit and friendship.This collections shines a light on an enduring relationship, the ups and downs, and the prospect of oncoming mortality. It is funny and poignant, and entirely told in dialogue.Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections

One Family.Seven Generations.A collection of 31 flash-fictions, spanning the years from 1865 to 2014, following a single family as it grows and changes with the years. These are stories which cover war and peace, birth and death, love and loss, all set against the background of change which was the journey from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. But, more than anything, they are stories of people and of family. Calum Kerr is the writer of 31, Braking Distance, Lost Property and the other 2014 Flash365 collections

Having been chased all over the world by her nemesis, Lord Diehardt, our heroine Lucy Burkhampton, swindled heiress and traveller through the worlds of literature, is now jumping from genre to genre in search of a mythical figure known only as The Author.Can she reach the real world? Can she escape the deadly clutches of her enemy? Can she finally reclaim her family name?There's only one way to find out. Read on...Lucy Burkhampton is a creation from the mind of Calum Kerr, the writer behind the flash-fiction collections Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the ninth in the 2014 Flash365 series.

Jeff and Maddie are hosting Christmas this year, for their two boys - Ethan and Jake - for her parents, his father, his brother James and partner Gemma, and for a surprise guest. It's a time of peace and joy, but how long can that last when a family comes together?This collection has 31 flash-fictions covering the time from Christmas Eve to Boxing Day, in all its glory.Calum Kerr is the writer behind the flash-fiction collections Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the tenth in the 2014 Flash365 series.

There is one final test.It's Graduation Day, a time for celebration, but for a group of students, their family and their friends, it is going to be a day of terror as the whole ceremony is taken hostage.In the audience sits the target of the terrorists' intentions: Senator Eleanor Thornton. But not far away from her is a man who might just make a difference: former-FBI Agent Jim Sikorski.Can he foil their plans and save the hostages, or will terror rule the day?Calum Kerr is the writer behind the flash-fiction collections Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the eleventh in the 2014 Flash365 series.

Fire fell from the skies, the dead rose from the ground, and aliens watched from orbit as the Great Old Ones enslaved the human race. That was the Apocalypse. This is what happened next.Brandon returns, in thrall, and Todd continues his worship. Jackson finds unconventional ways to fight back, and General Xorle-Jian-Splein takes new control of his mission. The world has ended, but in these 31 flash-fictions, the story continues.Post Apocalypse is the latest output from the mind of Calum Kerr, writer of Undead at Heart, Braking Distance, Lost Property and 31. This book is the twelfth and last of the 2014 Flash365 collections.