Chinese Whisperings makes it to Kindle

I was fortunate enough a few years ago to be part of an exciting collaborative project called Chinese Whisperings.  I wrote for two titles – The Red Book and Yin and Yang.  This experience set me off on my journey to further expand and explore collaborative writing. It introduced me to some amazing people and taught me so much about writing.

Today the titles are being launched on kindle and as part of the International Flash Fiction Celebrations – they are FREE!!

Below is the blurb and info written by the editors over at eMergent, published here with permission and thanks.

Please pop over and check the titles and information out.  I am just a little bit excited.

KINDLE LINKS

The Red Book

The Yin and Yang Book

WHAT MAKES CHINESE WHISPERINGS ANTHOLOGIES UNIQUE

Each anthology is a collection of interwoven short stories by emerging writers handpicked from across the English-speaking world. Unlike other anthologies, Chinese Whisperings is created in a sequential fashion and each story stands on its own merits while contributing to a larger, connected narrative.

The Red Book, the first of the anthologies has each successive writer taking a minor character from the preceding story and telling their story as the major character in the next story. Each writer also references events from the preceding story to tie the ten stories together. The anthology can be re forward, or backward, or begun in any place because of its circular nature.

The Yin and Yang Book takes the concept a step further, with the anthology played across parallel airport universes stemming from a decision to retrieve a stolen painting or to leave without it. It’s a sliding doors/spider web hybrid. Readers will see common characters slipping across the two universes, some of them behaving in slightly different ways. The parallel universes are anchored between a common prologue and epilogue.

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BOOK BLURB – Red Book

In a small North American university town ten lives are intersecting…

Miranda reaps what she has sown.
Mitchell understands there is no resisting fate.
Clint dreams of forging a violent destiny.
Elizabeth is about to make a discovery.
Robin hides a terrible secret.
Simon hasn’t slept in ten days.
Sam is pursued by nightmares.
Susie has lost everything.
David has just been found.
Jake atones for past evils.

Ten ordinary people struggling to keep their sanity in an insane world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Mercurial Jodi Cleghorn (Ed)

Something Mean in the Dream Scene Jason Coggins

Kraepelin’s Child Annie Evett

Discovery Paul Servini

Innocence Tina Hunter

Not Myself Dale Challener Roe

Not My Name Jasmine Gallant

Out Of The Darkness Rob Diaz II

Heartache Emma Newman

One in the Chamber Paul Anderson (Ed)

 

BOOK BLURB – Yin and Yang

7.30AM. THE INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL OF A MAJOR EUROPEAN AIRPORT IS POISED ON THE BRINK OF CHAOS.

7.35AM. PANGAEAN AIRLINES, EUROPE’S PREMIER CARRIER, IS PLACED INTO RECEIVERSHIP, CANCELLING ALL FLIGHTS AND IMPOUNDING THOUSANDS OF ITEMS OF LUGGAGE.

The Yin and Yang Book follows the complicated web of events stemming from a suitcase, a stolen van Gogh painting, one woman on the run from her employers and the consequences of her decision to stay or go.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Prologue Jodi Cleghorn (ed)

Three Monkeys Paul Servini

Three Rings Chris Chartrand

Dogs of War Tony Noland

This Be the Verse Dan Powell

Providence Dale Challener Roe

No Passengers Allowed J.M. Strother

Thirteen Feathers Rob Diaz II

One Behind the Eye Richard Jay Parker

Chase the Day Jason Coggins

Somewhere to Pray (Kurush)  Benjamin Solah

The Guilty One Emma Newman

Excess Baggage Carrie Clevenger

Where the Heart Is Tina Hunter

The Other Side of Limbo Claudia Osmond

Freedom Laura Eno

Cobalt Blue Jasmine Gallant

The Strangest Comfort Icy Sedgwick

Lost and Found Jen Brubacher

Kanyasulkam Annie Evett

Double Talk Lily Mulholland

Epilogue  Paul Anderson (Ed)

 

Twisted Tales – NFFD Anthology

NEWS FLASH – an article being shared around the blog-o-phere about Twisted Tales and Raging Aardvark Publishing.

 

What does Hemingway, Kafka, Chekov and Lovecraft have in common ( other than they are writers?) They wrote powerful stories in what is now coined Flash Fiction. The most poignant captured in just 6 words was penned by Ernest Hemingway.(a personal favourite writer)

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While there is nothing new about the short-short story, National Flash Fiction Day is being celebrated for the first time in the UK and has been adopted around the world in a buzz of excitement.

Amongst the workshops, seminars, readings and write-ins arranged by writers groups, universities and recognised authors, are a collection of anthologies who are set to launch this week. Annie Evett, from Raging Aardvark Publications is delighted to present Twisted Tales, an anthology celebrating Flash Fiction. These short, sweet snippets of stories have the ability to tempt the imagination, tantalise a reader and pose questions, form the heart of a great flash fiction.  Twisted Tales was born out of the need to showcase Flash Fiction in its own right and a desire to present writers whose first love lays within the short story.

Far too long has society been indulged with the excessive word count. Annie believes that it is time the short story and all its derivatives demand their rightful place back into readership.

This collection explores the twisted existence of love, family and relationships as characters seek a sense of self and identity. It is filled with a mixture of stories, some which will make you think, others smile and tales which will have you reaching for your security blanket.

Twisted Tales includes both established writers alongside emerging authors.  One of the heartwarming outcomes for Annie in undertaking this project was receiving emails from thrilled contributors who were excited to launch their careers within this Anthology. The support and encouragement for this project she continues to receive is fantastic and much appreciated.

The successful contributors to Twisted Tales will be showcased on ether books as a separate genre. They will be free download and its hoped that  other writers begin to submit to this subsection of short stories.

Twisted Flash Fiction has stories currently under 700 words which include a twist or surprise in the end.

For more information about the celebrations round the world – check out National Flash Fiction Day, follow the #NFFD tweets or explore Raging Aardvark’s site.