I was hooked after one, wrote a horror flash fiction for an anthology the next day, and then decided I would adopt the platform
of Flash Fiction on my website.
You will also find dazzling examples
of flash fiction on the Internet, in all its many forms, guises, and under all its many names.
Not exact matches
There again, this could be a great theme for a
flash fiction collection, each story focusing
on a different reviewer
of the same book.
Here's an example through my innocuous
flash fiction, below, based
on a set
of questions I was asked when nominated last week for the Real Neat Blog Award by Darlene (a real neat blogger).
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.
The post «A World Without» or «From a Brief History
of the Sjöberg Portal» appeared first
on Flash Fiction Online.
The post Things I Realized
on Finding an Alien in the Passenger Seat
of My Car appeared first
on Flash Fiction Online.
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.
But for now, I'm heading off to slip
on one
of my many other writing hats — working
on my new collection
of flash fiction, Quick Change, due out next month.
The first article I've written for them was an introduction to
flash fiction, and it was published to coincide with National Flash Fiction Day on 21st June, when I also officially launched my new ebook collection of flash, Quick Ch
flash fiction, and it was published to coincide with National Flash Fiction Day on 21st June, when I also officially launched my new ebook collection of flash, Quick
fiction, and it was published to coincide with National
Flash Fiction Day on 21st June, when I also officially launched my new ebook collection of flash, Quick Ch
Flash Fiction Day on 21st June, when I also officially launched my new ebook collection of flash, Quick
Fiction Day
on 21st June, when I also officially launched my new ebook collection
of flash, Quick Ch
flash, Quick Change.
Posting weekly
flash fiction is a great way to get involved with the #FridayFlash community
on Twitter, and it's an easy way to build a network
of followers if you're all sharing
flashes and chatting about them.
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.
I published my first collection
of flash fiction, Quick Change, in 2014 to mark National Flash Fiction Day, which takes place on 21st June — the shortest night in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day south of the equ
flash fiction, Quick Change, in 2014 to mark National Flash Fiction Day, which takes place on 21st June — the shortest night in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day south of the e
fiction, Quick Change, in 2014 to mark National
Flash Fiction Day, which takes place on 21st June — the shortest night in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day south of the equ
Flash Fiction Day, which takes place on 21st June — the shortest night in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day south of the e
Fiction Day, which takes place
on 21st June — the shortest night in the northern hemisphere and the shortest day south
of the equator.
The amount
of words spent
on this makes the Wheel
of Time saga look like
flash fiction.
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.
On the subject
of flash fiction (which, by the way, is just another term for very short stories), if you sign up to my book launch emailing list (only used when I've got a new book to shout about), you'll be able to download a free ebook
of my own
flash fiction collection, Quick Change.
For an example
on a piece
of flash fiction, see my short piece below, entitled «The Cloaked Man».
Because
of your limit
on words,
flash fiction requires that.
A few months ago, I published a series
of short - short stories (also known as «
Flash Fiction») based
on pictures that I'd taken.
Tommy Dean is the author
of a
flash fiction chapbook entitled Special Like the People
on TV from Redbird Chapbooks.
Together, my students and I will discover whether
flash fiction is a passing fancy among the literati or whether all communicators can borrow traits from writers
of flash fiction: an obsessive attention to detail, an awareness
of form and structure
on both the macro and micro levels, an understanding
of how image and description charms the reader, and an appreciation
of how minimalism diffuses our anxieties.
I was just
on the faculty
of a writing conference with a man who has founded a magazine (three, actually) based
on the concept
of «
flash fiction.»
«These bursts
of illumination, some less than a page long — evoking shock, wonder, laughter, all with a tantalizing sense
of completion — establish
flash fiction on a global scale.
Flash fictions like this are everywhere: A loving couple watching the sunset turns out to be in the midst
of a suicide pact, the girl being groped
on the bus turns out to be a pickpocket.
On the Poets & Writers online database
of literary magazines, a search for literary magazines that publish the subgenre «
flash fiction» yields 278 results.
Submissions Deadline: Open Automatic Pilot is a biannual print
on demand and digital publication which welcomes submissions
of poetry, short stories,
flash fiction, micro
fiction, and novel extracts from emerging,...
Flash fiction writing advice so often focuses
on moderation —
on cutting out needless words, creating this myth
of a world where every word matters, where the writer exerts complete control over every choice.
I predict that soon we will also be seeing a lot more
of what the multi-media artists can do with
flash fiction on the Internet.
Plenty
of authors post free
flash fiction, short stories, and the like to give people a taste
of their writing so they'll be willing to spend money
on the «real» stuff.
There's a homely quality to
flash fiction, which is somehow touching — that spot
of prose, lonely
on a page or two, when we are used to seeing (and if you're my student's brother, avoiding) the thicker covenants
of «full - length» stories and novels and essays.
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.
Publish something every month (at least 12 publications)-- most
of these will probably be short stories or
flash fiction anthologies, but I also intend to be working
on some longer - format
fiction, and probably some non-
fiction too.
Regardless, I think you need to differentiate not
on the format
of the material (i.e., long - form vs. short - form) but more
on the objective
of the material (i.e., novel, novella, essay, treatise,
flash fiction, etc.).
Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary
of the battle, this
flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest
on The Colors
of My Soul, and can be found here.
Fiction: Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary of the battle, this flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be foun
Fiction: Inspired by my trip to Gettysburg for the 150th anniversary
of the battle, this
flash fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest on The Colors of My Soul, and can be foun
fiction piece was originally submitted for a contest
on The Colors
of My Soul, and can be found here.
June 2006 —
Flash Fiction reading
on the Sci - Fi Traveling Show — Yes, part
of the interview session is out, this one my reading
of a
Flash Fiction piece.
If you've never heard
of flash fiction, it's usually an exercise where authors have a limited amount
of time to write about a subject based
on prompts given to them.
Wanderlust is the right word — she's got a wide variety
of titles
on the way, from a
flash fiction compilation to a fracking romance set in South Africa.
I was also given the suggestion
of posting
flash fiction or short stories
on an author blog, which also makes sense to me, since giving readers a taster
of my writing style to draw them to buying my books makes total sense to me.
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 →
And the Rodeo Fest Kick Off Party goes live
on Facebook October 3rd announcing the cover reveal
of our very first
Flash Fiction Anthology!
From an unexpected twist
on a classic Christmas tale and a soldier returning home from war to a pair
of girls waiting for an unlikely Christmas wish to come true and a creepy evening in a museum, fill your briefest moments with this collection
of 18
flash fiction stories.Commuting to work?
I met Charli soon after, galloping in
on a cloud
of dust from Somerset to the Wild West, intrigued by her weekly
flash fiction prompts.
You will find some
of my short stories,
flash fiction, and poetry
on my blog and I hope you enjoy reading them.
1 explores the literary art
of flash fiction, beginning with the earliest compilations at Carrot Ranch and later pieces based
on a new
flash fiction prompt.
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.
Blog updated
on Mondays, usually with a Middle Grade spotlight, and Fridays with a bit
of Flash fiction and a blog hop.
I would never have dared splash such a story
on the walls
of the Summerhouse if not for
flash fiction and the wonderful writing freedom it unleashed (and a few
of you telling me you enjoyed it when I first published it here, thank you!).
But come to think
of it, your including
flash fiction on your site and participating at Carrot Ranch is an example
of literary citizenship!
On the other hand, a more specific goal (e.g. earn 50 rejections for
fiction of 1,000 + words) could have dissuaded me from writing more
flash or submitting nonfiction that will now be published.