Sudden Flash Youth Here is a unique collection, stories of no more than 1,000 words that spotlight today"s under-twenty generation, starkly illuminating the moments during coming-of-age when something big is irrevocably awakened, acted upon, changed. The authors are established (Richard Bausch, Sandra Cisneros, David Eggers) or emerging (Gayle Brandeis, Matt Krampitz, Kathleen O"Donnell).