100neHundred
Arachne Press (ISBN: 978-1913665272)
A man carries his girlfriend in the left-hand breast pocket of his shirt. During World War II, a young soldier searches the houses and barns of the families with whom he grew up. An astronaut wonders whether she can adapt to life back on earth.
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In her second collection of short fiction, 100neHundred, Laura Besley explores a kaleidoscope of emotions through 100 stories of exactly 100 words.
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Praise for "100neHundred"
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"In these one-hundred stories – each one-hundred words long – Besley captures her characters’ universes in vivid detail, their predicaments unspooling and oozing off the page. Besley guides us through these worlds filled with relationships that flounder and flourish, mysterious moments of surrealism, and hard realities of contemporary life. Brimming with tenderness and triumph, heartbreak and wonderment, 100neHundred is a masterful collection of micro stories that read macro." (Santino Prinzi, Co-Director of "National Flash Fiction Day" in the UK Consulting Editor at "New Flash Fiction Review")
The Almost Mothers
Dahlia Publishing (ISBN: 978-1913624002)
A first time mum struggles with her newborn baby. An alien examines the lives of Earth Mothers. A baby sleeps through the night at long last. Written with raw honesty, Laura Besley's debut flash collection, The Almost Mothers, exposes what it really means to be a mother.
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Praise for "The Almost Mothers"
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"This stunning flash fiction debut takes us on a compelling journey, with Laura Besley skilfully weaving together a variety of narratives as far removed from the familiar womb-warmth of traditional tales of motherhood that one could possibly imagine." (Kathy Hoyle, author of "Chasing the Dragon")
(Un)Natural Elements
Beir Bua Press (ISBN: 978-1914972195)
Many of these stories were written as tweet-length stories from daily prompts on Twitter under the hashtag: Very Short Story 365 (#vss365). After a few people kindly suggested I collate them, I decided to look at all the stories I had written to date and to my delight found myself able to see patterns and themes. There was also a strong use of nature within them and the idea to divide the collection into elements emerged organically.
Once the structure of nine elements was in place, I completed the collection with some longer stories - some of which have been previously published, whereas others are new.
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Praise for "The Almost Mothers"
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"the latest collection of flash fiction by Laura Besley. Published by Irish Indie publisher Beir Bua Press (Un) Natural Elements is ready and waiting to blow your literary socks off!" (Amazon Review)