It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed
set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and...
It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed
set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One...
It was a precocious high school freshman who introduced me to the adorable boxed
set of flash fiction published by McSweeney's, One Hundred and Forty Five Stories in a Small Box: Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape, How the Water Feels to the Fishes, and Minor Robberies.
Not exact matches
Interspersed with these are green - tinted installments
of a science -
fiction side - story inspired by
Flash Gordon (one iteration
of which includes an apparent Star Wars parody — the
Flash Gordon serials were among Ruiz's childhood favorites); a Columbo - inspired detective story
set at a country manor; a black - and - white romantic costume drama; a touch
of musical comedy; and a Western - style shootout inside the movie theater.
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).
There are so many types
of stories that reading the entire
set provides a comprehensive introduction to the many possibilities
of flash fiction.
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.
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.
My short story and
flash fiction writing is going well, I'm roughly 20k words into a slipstream novel
set in Lincolnshire and
of course I keep revising / submitting the first book in the Strandline series.
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..)
People's War in Nepal: Songs and Narratives From the Frontline is a collection
of narrative poems and
flash fictions set in Nepal during the time
of People's War (1996 - 2006).
When I
set my Murderous Musing's prompt for Charli's
Flash Fiction Rodeo, I expected a few good folk to turn bad, but not thirty - two
of them.
As serious writers, you know it's through the editing process that we begin to refine and sculpt our messages.But just as writing
flash fiction requires a different
set of skills, so does editing
flash fiction.
Flash fiction writers are using a different
set of skills and writing a different kind
of story.
Ursel has
set herself a high standard and I look forward to being enriched in my reading
of her future novels and existing
flash fiction and poetry (see her website).
Originally posted on Carrot Ranch Literary Community: Murderous Musings By Sherri Matthews When I
set my Murderous Musing's prompt for Charli's
Flash Fiction Rodeo, I expected a few good folk to turn bad, but not thirty - two
of them.
A reader comes to a blog with a
set of expectations in mind, expectations that they have to overcome when they're dealing with a serialized
fiction blog (not so with short stories, or
flash fiction — for these, blogs are extremely well suited as a presentation form).
Author DL Shirey has
set up this alphabetical list
of flash fiction markets and their guidelines — some are websites, some are magazines and all have links directly to the guidelines» page for each.