ual anthology, judged by Morgan Talty, hosts another cast of engaging and enlightening flash fiction stories written by today's finest practitioners of the craft of short short stories. In this year's anthology, readers will find stories that take them into the shadowed corners of our world, illuminating the often overlooked and forgotten to remind us of who we could be in the best and the worst of times. These stories sparkle with their attention to language and detail and will entertain readers long after the last sentence. Each story has the power and the heart to stop the clock and to give the reader a sense of living another life or two.