Yet Another New Book of Flash Fiction and Short Stories

Creative Ink, Flashy Fiction —Book 13—"live" on June 8, 2021



This is to announce the release of the thirteenth book in our Flash Fiction Anthology series, Flash Fiction Stories for the Musically Inclined , by Theodore Jerome Cohen and Alyssa Devine. (Know that Alyssa Devine is a pen name used by Theodore Jerome Cohen for Young Adult (YA) and some other writings.)

Plato said: “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” Lending credence to these words are the 32 stories here—focused on everything from rock-’n’-roll to jazz and classical to country—that speak to the infinite faces of the musically inclined among us. Unlike the earlier books in the flash fiction series, in which the tales were selected from among the 438 stories found in Books 1 through 6, incl., of the authors’ Creative Ink, Flashy Fiction anthologies, augmented with selected offerings from Cohen’s two short-story anthologies, The Road Less Taken, as well as stories from Cohen’s Mementos series of anthologies, this book is unique because the stories were inspired by photographic prompts often related to musical themes. As well, included here are excerpts adapted from some of the authors’ more popular novels having relevance to one musical genre or another.

If you like your fiction entwined with fact (“faction”), this collection is for you! Theodore Jerome Cohen is an award-winning author who has published more than ten novels—all but one of them mystery/thrillers—multiple flash-fiction and short-story anthologies, and one Young Adult (YA) mystery/thriller (published under the pen name Alyssa Devine). During his 45-year career he has worked as an engineer, scientist, CBS Radio Station News Service (RSNS) commentator, private investigator, US Army officer (CPT, Corps of Engineers), and Antarctic explorer. What he’s been able to do with his background is mix fiction with reality in ways even his family and friends have been unable to unravel!

I hope you enjoy all of these anthologies and would love to hear what you think of the stories. You can write to me via my website. And, as always, reviews are welcomed with open arms!

You’ll find Book 13 on Amazon.com at the URL below:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096WG1YSQ

If you’d like to read one of the stories in Book 13, visit the book’s Webpage on my Website, and click on the hotlink for “View an Excerpt.” There, you’ll find a story about Frank Sinatra and Patsy’s Restaurant in Midtown Manhattan.