Brechtian: 15 Flash Fiction Tales Where Narrators Talk Back
CHARLESTON – October 30, 2026 -- Brechtian, a fifteen-story flash fiction anthology by debut author Asher Rush, is now available online through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Palmetto Publishing released the collection, which covers action, romance, and biblical tragedy.
Narrators interrupt themselves and argue with readers
Every story in the book is told by a narrator who breaks the fourth wall. The title nods to Bertolt Brecht's theatrical tradition of shattering the stage illusion, and Rush applies the same approach to the page.
The anthology opens with X, a self-described "near miss assassin" who wakes in a hospital bed and trades sharp dialogue with a nurse. He is a trained killer who has never completed a job. Later stories feature a villager hanged for honesty and a reluctant vampire cursed to become something worse.