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Old 04-20-2016, 09:43 AM   #16
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I'll sometimes write a Flash Fiction piece that relies upon mood.

One of my favorite writers of Flash Fiction is Donald Wandrei, who captures the very essence of what I am also attempting when I write weird pieces.
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Just ran across this wonderful story again and re-read it a few times.

I love this story it's only about 500 words and it's just almost perfect!

I Used to Live Here Once by Jean Rhys
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Just ran across this wonderful story again and re-read it a few times.

I love this story it's only about 500 words and it's just almost perfect!

I Used to Live Here Once by Jean Rhys

I was NOT aware of this piece.

Thanks for pointing out this one!
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Old 04-23-2016, 07:30 AM   #19
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I was NOT aware of this piece.

Thanks for pointing out this one!
I first read it in an anthology - "Telling Stories" edited by Joyce Carol Oates.

Which sort of covers the gamut from flash to poetry to classic short stories..... and is subtitled "An Anthology for Writers."
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I'm thinking of writing a short book on the writing of Flash Fiction. I also have a set of 50 stories (that need to be edited) in a Scrivener file that are all Flash Fictions. I used to be part of Pam Casto's Flash Fiction workshop (it was done via email) way back around the turn of the century. lol. Flash Fiction is a lot of Fun. You can even make longer pieces out of a series of Flash Fictions. "Fast Fiction" by Roberta Allen is a book on writing Flash pieces and there are several books over at Smashwords on writing Flash as well.
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I'm thinking of writing a short book on the writing of Flash Fiction. I also have a set of 50 stories (that need to be edited) in a Scrivener file that are all Flash Fictions. I used to be part of Pam Casto's Flash Fiction workshop (it was done via email) way back around the turn of the century. lol. Flash Fiction is a lot of Fun. You can even make longer pieces out of a series of Flash Fictions. "Fast Fiction" by Roberta Allen is a book on writing Flash pieces and there are several books over at Smashwords on writing Flash as well.

Make it HAPPEN!

Make it happen NOW!
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Make it HAPPEN!

Make it happen NOW!
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Which?
Get those 50 pieces in shape and create an ebook!

I'll buy a copy.

Right now, I say!
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Interview with Mark Budman editor of Vestal Review at The Short Story:

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Hi Mark, thank you for speaking to TSS.

My pleasure. Thank you for giving me this opportunity.

Let’s jump right in and ask what it is you love about Flash Fiction?

People cite brevity as a main attribute of flash fiction. On the surface, it’s the most visible attribute, but to wit, it’s not its soul. Brevity alone is never enough. Otherwise “I want sex” or “Let’s eat” would be shining examples of flash fiction. So what I love about it, is its contradictory nature: by accepting an apparent handicap (length limitation), flash fiction writer achieves the intensity that rivals only poetry while having an edge over its rival thanks to its narration. It’s like Ginger Rogers “doing everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels.”

Like most fiction, short and long, a flash is based on what I call a tripod: plot, characters and language. Remove one leg of the tripod, and the flash will collapse. Except that flash is a small tripod. Think tabletop but not a celestial telescope support.
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http://www.theshortstory.co.uk/tss-f...w-mark-budman/
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The latest issue of Flash Fiction Online is out: http://flashfictiononline.com/main/

A couple of great stories. All are good.
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The latest issue of Flash Fiction Online is out: http://flashfictiononline.com/main/

A couple of great stories. All are good.

I subscribe to this now, thanks to you!
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A couple of great stories. All are good.
Thanks for the link.
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I've been rereading last years The Best Small Fictions anthology the last couple of days.

Just re-read this one and found it on line: Before She was a Memory by Emma Bolden
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There are some good books on writing it over at Smashwords by HarveyStanbrough.
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