Ripening: National Flash-Fiction Day Anthology 2018

By Jude HigginsFrankie McMillanMeg Pokrass, et al.

This seventh annual instalment of the National Flash-Fiction Day (UK) anthology is overflowing with food-themed flashes. Satiate your hunger for fiction with these delicious stories by new and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1720847770
• ISBN13: 9781720847779
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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