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She blew out the candle. One germy puff and the flame was gone.
'I wish I didn't feel so alone.'"
Emotive. Wry. Unpredictable. Dreena Collins returns with a new collection of short fiction, exploring the challenges faced by ordinary people at pivotal moments in their lives. Contains stories listed in the Flash 500 Flash Fiction competition and the Dean Writer's Circle 'Zodiac' competition. Short stories for the modern world.
Praise for Dreena Collins:
"That Collins is a highly skilled writer is not in doubt. She is a master of the short story format." Simon Gary, author. "Dreena creates strong images with her writing, often focusing on the little details. I felt more like a fly on the wall, a fly that has somehow found its way into the house to spy on people's private and intimate lives..." Georgie Bull, blogger. Listed and placed in numerous writing competitions, including Mslexia; Bridport Prize; Fish Publications; Flash500 and Retreat West, Dreena Collins lives in Jersey, Channel Islands. Her flash fiction collection, Bird Wing, was an SPR Book Awards finalist in 2020, and her debut novel (as Jane Harvey) was the Eyelands International Published Novel of 2021