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Flash Fiction
Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words, while others consider stories as long as a thousand words to be flash fiction.
In one particular format, established by Steve Moss, editor of San Luis Obispo New Times, the requirement is 55 words; no more and no fewer. Another, unspecified but frequently held, requirement is that the title may be no more than seven words. Hyphens do not alter the word-count ( ...more
In one particular format, established by Steve Moss, editor of San Luis Obispo New Times, the requirement is 55 words; no more and no fewer. Another, unspecified but frequently held, requirement is that the title may be no more than seven words. Hyphens do not alter the word-count ( ...more
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The security guard asked me what I was doing in the park at 2am. I told him I was burying a body.
He didn’t seem happy with that.
He was so unhappy that he reached for his gun and his walkie-talkie at the same time. This was his undoing. He never saw the shovel coming.
Now one more body cluttered the landscaped lawn.
I hoped I had enough lime to cover both of them. I’d found the instructions online. Same place as the instructions on how to make your own zombie.
Those hadn’t worked.
But the night
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― Tales from the Crying Room - 3 twisted short stories, 20 short short stories, and a play
― Tales from the Crying Room - 3 twisted short stories, 20 short short stories, and a play
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A quotation I used in my dissertation, "if I am not for myself, who will be for me. If I am, but for myself, what am I and if not now, when?" Hillel
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THIS Literary Magazine was founded in 2009. We publish new and emerging writers with diverse bac…more
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FlashDogs are a community of Flash Fiction writers from across the globe.
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Literary Roadhouse (www.literaryroadhouse.com) is a literary fiction podcast community. On the p…more
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