[Flash and Burn 01] • Second Five

This very short (2,500 word) compilation of edgy, erotic flash fiction features explicit sexual encounters that turn strange, dark, or even supernatural. Each story is 500 words long. Warning: Some stories blend sex and death, endings may be ambiguous, and not everyone makes it out alive.

**Alone:** He has a congenital immune condition and lives behind a plastic curtain. She is a reluctant prostitute.

**Beach Reading:** The night is her day. The moon is her sun. She cannot separate sex and death.

**The Druid:** A not-so-virgin sacrifice falls apart. Or does it?

**Open Window:** She leaves her window open at night. An intruder takes advantage.

**The Reluctant Assassin:** She'll do anything to save him.