Self-described as "a book for modern attention spans," Short Hot Flashes pairs David Rasch's literary snippets with Jason Cirimele's illustrations to tell a hundred-and-one short stories in 101 words each — which makes it a sprawling epic in contrast to Grant Faulkner's collection of one hundred 100-word stories, Fissures, whose own book release party is happening simultaneously at nearby Alley Cat Books.