6 Drabbles to be Published at SpeckLit

A few months ago, I learned about SpeckLit, an online publication devoted to drabbles. Drabbles are complete stories--with a beginning, a middle, and an end--told in exactly 100 words.

Until then, I hadn't done much with drabbles. The only one I know for sure I wrote is the 100-word story about Sarah the ghost, which won me a spot on the midnight ghost tour of my college's haunted library. All the difficulties of writing flash fiction are magnified, as you only have 100 words--and then you have to stick to that word count exactly.

Well, I experimented with some drabbles until I came out with several that I liked. Most of them were horror, or at least horror-themed, although near the end I challenged myself to actually write some drabbles with happy endings. (It was hard, but I managed.) I submitted 10 drabbles to SpeckLit to see what would happen, and this week I heard back from them!

Six of my drabbles are going to be published! Keep an eye out for them--their names are:

CursedNumbScarfMagicMonstersAcross the River"Across the River" is one of the ones with a happy ending, believe it or not, even though it's set in the Greek Underworld. Ah... I'd almost forgotten... now I want to write more Greek Underworld stories...
On a separate note, all three of my initially contracted "cold and twisted romance" stories are now available! More may follow in the future. I'll keep you posted.
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Published on February 19, 2014 11:46
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