FlashFlood: 'Cheese Louise' by Chaz Osburn #nffd2026
“You’ll never guess what happened this afternoon, Louise.”
“Do tell.”
“I convinced someone to buy your book!”
“You mean, ‘What A Friend We Have In Cheeses?’”
“Yup.”
“No kidding?”
“Yes, I was at the bookstore and noticed a woman leafing through the pages. We started talking and… ”
“And?”
“I mentioned that we are friends and that you grew up in Cheshire and went to Derby to study to become a professional affineur...”
“Actually, it was the other way around. But then what happened?”
“She wanted to know if I had read it.”
“And?”
“I told her yes—that it is really Gouda!”
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The author of two novels, Chaz Osburn’s background is in the newspaper and magazine business and in PR. His short stories have been published in Amazing Stories, Sci-Fi Shorts, Bright Flash Literary Review, Alternative Liberties, Every Day Fiction and Altered Reality, among others. He lives in Traverse City, Michigan.
