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"Over the past ten years or so, "Short-shorts" or "Flash Fiction" has emerged as an increasingly popular and visible genre within fiction. David Galef's Brevity offers a guide to the genre for creative writing students by combining discussions of the various approaches and methods within the genre, examples of the form, and prompts for students to develop their own writing. Galef includes examples of the short-short genre from such writers as Collette,...

"Within hours, a monstrous volcano will destroy a Pacific island and all of its citizens. The Flash has done everything he can, but there's only one way to stop the disaster ... cool the volcano's magma chamber. Unfortunately, only one man is capable of such a task ... his archenemy, Captain Cold. The Scarlet Speedster cuts a deal with this frosty felon, and they're off to save the day. But Captain Cold cannot be trusted. While firing his freeze gun...

Barry Allen has his hands full. While deactivating an explosive for the bomb squad, the police scientist receives a call, tipping him off about a robbery across town. Luckily, Barry is secretly the Flash. In an instant, he zooms out the door, stops the crime, and returns before one second on the time bomb has ticked away. After receiving several more tips, he suspects a link between the crimes, but even he'll be shocked when the villain is finally...

After defeating Godspeed with the help of his speedster children from the future, Bart and Nora, Barry Allen aka The Flash are back to face new challenges in Season Eight. With the help of Team Flash at STAR Labs Caitlyn Snow/Killer Frost, Allegra Garcia, Chester P. Runk and his family journalist wife Iris West-Allen, Joe West, and Cecile Horton The Flash will face villains old and new in Central City. Season Eight begins with an epic five-episode...

This book teaches all the steps for creating one's own tabletop photography studio with tips on lighting, backdrops, and the creative use of a camera's features to create a perfect image.

Worlds collide when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Superheroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian, albeit not the one...

Superman and The Flash have a race around the world to see who is faster, but it is hard to win a race when they keep having to stop and rescue people.

Indy cars, bullet trains, supersonic aircraft ... The Flash leaves them all in the dust. Able to run at near light-speeds, his powers provide the ultimate caffeine kick: He can run up buildings, move so swiftly he phases through objects, create sonic booms with the snap of his fingers - and never need to order delivery. Watch him and the rest of the Justice League continue their on-going battle against enemies on the Earth and beyond.

Last season, Barry Allen, aka the Flash, used his extraordinary abilities to travel back in time and save his mother's life, and inadvertently created an alternate timeline known as Flashpoint. The phenomenon not only gave birth to the villainous God of Speed known as Savitar, but changed the lives of Caitlin Snow and Wally West forever. With the help of his adoptive father, Detective Joe West, his fiancee Iris West, and the others, Barry continues...

Shortly after defeating the Thinker, Barry Allen/the Flash and his wife, Iris, were stunned by the arrival of their already grown, speedster daughter from the future, Nora. However, acclimating to their lives as parents won't be the only challenge they face, as season five pits Team Flash against Central City's latest scourge, the DC Super-Villain Cicada.