Two more novellas-in-flash published by Ad Hoc Fiction are now available for pre-order at a 25% discount until publication day on 6th July!
The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay and Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty were runners-up in the 2025 Bath Novella in Flash Award. Read more about the authors here We’re excited that both novellas will be launched at the Flash Fiction Festival 18th-20th July in Bristol, along with the winning novella, In the Dark Eyes of the Rabbit by Debra A Daniel, also available for pre-order until July 6th.
The Lives of the Dead by Fiona McKay
“Newly married Kate, is in an unequal relationship. Her husband holds a firm grip on their future, his hand literally holding tight on her wrist, causes small bruise marks and this motif continues throught the novella. He wants children immediately, would like them to have four, for her to be a stay-at-home mum. Kate wants a different future and struggles to find her own way through. The author has structured the novella brilliantly with Kate’s journey to self-realisation interspersed with re-visioned fairy tales. The fairy tales offer great depth to how the story unfolds and invite many reads to get their full impact. The interior focus of the POV shows Kate’s sometimes guilty struggles about motherhood and competing desires very well” – Jude Higgins, Judge, 2025 Bath Flash Fiction Novella in Flash Award.
Spin of the Triangle by Stephanie Carty
“This novella-in-flash tackles an important and difficult subject in a very skillful way. We are introduced to the different women who take part a baby-trafficking business. They are all vulnerable and have lived lives where they have been exploited in many different ways. The author shows the characters in the novella convincingly occupying each of the three roles in the victim, persecutor and rescuer triangle, at different times. In the end, we see that it may be possible for them to step out of moving around this triangle and have a different life. I was impressed by the individual stories in different POVs All aspects of the baby-trafficking business are covered, from the young girls manipulated to give up their babies, the grief of those who regret their choices, the office manager deadening her feelings with alchohol, the lies told about the babies’ origins. And in the background, the men who control it all”.
Jude Higgins, Judge, 2025 Bath Flash Fiction Novella in Flash Award.
