Beginnings: A Definitive Flash Collection

Beginnings: A Definitive Flash Collection samples the first flash works of freelance writer Rance Smith with tales of tragedy, faith, and suspense.

Swift is the Man for Hire, who is dealing with his daughter's terminal illness as he does dastardly deeds to make his living. This tale journey's his most recent job with an unexpected surprise ending.

The character in Peace Be Still, who we'll call The Healer after the story's former title, is a young man who must muster his own faith when he may lose the one person most dear to him. He learns of the power of prayer and struggles with his addiction to smoking marijuana.

Dirty Red is threatened by an anonymous antagonist and searches to find this person before his new found fame and fortune is destroyed. In this scenario, Red hires a new assistant, meets his hacker friend, and has an not so random encounter with a Haitian gypsy.