Sentences with phrase «of flash fiction as»

When the history of flash fiction as a vital form is told, Best Small Fictions and Masih will be in the opening chapter.

Many people think of Flash Fiction as a new arrival on the reading and writing scene, but in fact, many experts agree that its history reaches back at least as far as Aesop's fables.

RV: Read as many books of flash fiction as you can!

The joy of flash fiction as a writer and a reader is found not only in the words of the story, but in what is left out — the absences can be almost spectral, haunting what's been told, only guessed at.

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Remind yourselves that a current SEC Commissioner STILL gives speeches labeling Flash Boys as a work of fiction.

The old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials were not science fiction, the «alien invaders» flicks of the 50s were likewise fantasy, and it continues today with such non science fiction films as Independence Day, Red Planet and Event Horizon trying to claim a genre title of which they are not worthy.

It's a state - of - the - digital art 3D film with 1930s «Flash Gordon» story elements, stuff that probably wasn't as dated 100 years ago when Burroughs was writing this pulp fiction.

You are a notable reviewer of long fiction as well as a non-fiction and flash fiction author.

If a story runs — even if it can only cough its way like an ill - used jalopy, to the corner of Flash Fiction Avenue and Finished Street — then I as a coach and the whole workshop group gets to move onto making it run better.

In the case of the fiction series, Flash will act as a teaser for readers who are perhaps not willing to invest in a full - length book by a writer still unknown to them, while also encouraging readers still not convinced by the digital format to try it out.

Speaking of hearts, there's one last reward of reviewing that I'd like to mention: that as an author myself, I know how heartwarming it is to receive an enthusiastic review for my own work, and the arrival of not one but two glowing reviews for my latest book, the collection of very short stories (aka flash fiction) has made my week already — and it's still only Tuesday.

Having a butterfly mind is part and parcel of being a short - form writer, as I am, churning out short stories, flash fiction, blog posts and journalism, never dwelling on any one project for long.

GUADALAJARA: Flash fiction and nonfiction, a genre that brought brevity to our bookshelves by way of literary magazines, has come of age, with Random House Mondarori's (RHM) launch of its Spanish - language Flash series, a collection of short fiction by renowned authors available only as e-books.

Because of a complete lack of time, I decided to try something new and do it as flash fiction.

Authors interested in critiques of shorter works, such as stories, essays, and flash fiction, should contact the Tucson office.

Well, the cover shows a big bold butterfly as a shorthand indicator that this collection of flash fiction stories are all about transformation.It's due to be released as an ebook on Saturday, and between now and then I've got to put some serious hours into the editing and formatting process.

At Entropy, fiction writers Kathy Fish and Robert Vaughan discuss the creation of their collaborative story collection, Rift, as well as their affinity for flash fiction.

You can also go cruise on Google for other «best of 2015» fiction lists, such as those from or by Small Presses, Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on fiction lists, such as those from or by Small Presses, Independent Publishers, more Indie / Self - Pubbed authors, Debuts, Flash Fiction, and on Fiction, and on and on.

He has two novels out on kindle as well as a collection of flash fiction, a website on each of the novels «A, B&E» and «Not In My Name» and a YouTube channel with 16 book - related videos.

: 2 weeks, as part of a free Flash Fiction course.

A few months ago, I published a series of short - short stories (also known as «Flash Fiction») based on pictures that I'd taken.

Compressed and restrained as they are, these and other good short shorts, flashes, sudden fictions depend upon a deliberate torque in the language, deft deployment of rationed details, meticulous awareness of syntax and diction, speed without haste and voice, subtext, subtext, voice.

The force of Ebooks IS with me as I aggregate my collection of over 100 short stories and flash fiction pieces from my 4 - year - old e-mail subscription short fiction Web site http://www.LongShortStories.com into my first of several ebooks.

Agent Janet Reid regularly conducts her summertime flash fiction contest where she gives prompt words (usually in honor of one of her writers) and gives books (and the shower of glory) as a prize.

I certainly intend to continue considering and accepting traditional stories for Shenandoah, but I also see the flash fiction as one of the ideal genres for internet presentation.

Maybe, as Sanford laments, some greedy writers do use flash fiction as a shortcut to publication, but one fact is impossible to deny: the growing popularity and acceptance of flash fiction creates more publication opportunities for emerging writers.

As Pulitzer Prize ‑ winner Robert Olen Butler (a novelist who also writes flash fiction) has said, «Fiction is the art form of human yearning, no matter how long or short that work of fiction is.fiction) has said, «Fiction is the art form of human yearning, no matter how long or short that work of fiction is.Fiction is the art form of human yearning, no matter how long or short that work of fiction is.fiction is.»

The question of what makes the story «matter» is perhaps best described as the «dramatic imperative,» defined in Randall Brown's A Pocket Guide to Flash Fiction as «the reason for a story's existence, the why of its being, of this moment's being chosen over all the others.»

As one of my students said, «I'll bet my ADHD brother would read a flash fiction and he doesn't read anything.»

Over the next twenty six days I am going to add a flash fiction piece to every chapter of Knights and Necromancers 1 as a comment in Readmill.

No wonder then that flash fiction is perceived as a sort of literary «lite» — none of that fatty text, but some of the taste of story.

Regardless of what type of prose you are interested in writing flash it is very useful to practice flash fictions as they force a writer into being economical with words.

This is the kind of thing I imagine being foisted on literary readers by those who would defend flash fiction as something that appeals to the short attention span.

I published a flash fiction collection called New Skin in January, and I republished my contribution to Holly Lisle's Adventure of Creation anthology, Finding Light, as a stand alone short story just a few days ago.

Wagner's own website is a catalog of his writing style, including sample flash fiction stories that are open to readers, as well as a purchasable works from short story anthologies and longer titles.

Though I combed through my most recent flash fiction piece (set to debut in the holiday issue of Splickety Magazine) with unparalleled obsession, I sent it to two authors whom I trust for their review as well.

While you wait, visit Cathryn's blog Suburban Noir where you can read sample chapters of The Demise of the Soccer Moms as well as some of her excellent flash fiction.

I'd experimented with different kinds of stories, done some prose and those other «rhyme - y kind» of poems, and for a period of time even tried to write as short a story as possible... and this was before anything called «flash fiction.»

Charli's prompt for this week's Flash Fiction challenge of «Juxtaposition «(see full explanation below) had me thinking, because it seems that a few of you would like me to carry on with Muriel's story, which actually started out as Ken's... Continue reading →

I want to try flash fiction too, but as of now I only have one and not sure its done.

The short story elements such as plot, dialogues, characterization, narrative, atmosphere, scene setting are also present in flash fiction; having said that flash fiction may not include every elements of short story (character development, plot, atmosphere, clear beginning, middle, ending etc..)

Flash fiction is shorter; it is generally classified as a work of fiction that is no more than 1,000 words long.

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Definitions can vary depending on the market, but generally, complete stories of fewer than 1,500, 1,000, 500 or even 300 words can be classified as flash fiction.

Four years since that first gallop — and several falls later — I am thrilled that several of my flashes and my essay, Memoir to Flash Fiction and Back Again, feature as part of a collection from four other memoirists in our newly published Anthology:

Whatever may be the length, the main purpose of flash fiction is to tell a story in very fewer words as possible.

Tomorrow, the garden gnomes will publish their first flash fiction story as a part of this month's Flim - Flim Game.

I am an aspiring author and have not had anything published, as yet, although there are a number of my short stories and flash fiction pieces on the web.

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Del Sol Review seeks to publish unsolicited work in the categories of speculative fiction of all kinds as well as poetry, prose poetry, creative nonfiction, short stories, and flash fiction.