Calum Kerr

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Motorway Service Stations are places where people pass through on their way to somewhere else: somewhere better, somewhere brighter. But every traveller has a tale to tell, a story of their own, and sometimes they're not what you'd expect. Braking Distance is a glimpse beneath the surface. It brings you love, death, lust, loss, betrayal, belonging, murder, aliens and a time-travelling adventuress being chased by a dastardly foe! This collection is made up of loosely connected stories, all occurring in the same place at the same time, sprawling out across different genres, styles, perspectives and emotions. The camera swings from place to place, and over the course of eighteen short stories, builds up a picture which is surprising, exciting and strange.

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.