Hi, everyone! It’s Friday today, and that means that it’s time for Friday Story Sharing again! What is Friday Story Sharing? If you’re the author of a short story or flash fiction collection costing up to $2.99, you can take this Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Camille Coward
I started writing short fiction as a way to strengthen my writing. I found that it was challenging to pack a punch in as few words as possible, and this caused repetition when writing longer pieces–it was redundancy that neither reinforced nor Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Alex Morritt
Why I Like Writing Short Stories and Flash Fiction HOW IT BEGAN I have to confess that I never consciously set out to write short stories or flash fiction, but following a life-changing move from the UK to Central America Continue Reading
Friday Story Sharing #11!
Hi, everyone! It’s Friday today, and that means that it’s time for Friday Story Sharing again! What is Friday Story Sharing? If you’re the author of a short story or flash fiction collection costing up to $2.99, you can take this Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Stories: A Guest Post by Bart Van Goethem
Why I like to write micro and flash fiction There are a number of reasons why I like to write micro and flash fiction: 1. I don’t have a lot of time. I have a full time job, two young Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Nicholas C. Rossis
Dear short fiction, how do I love you? Let me count the ways… You were this reader’s first love. My eyes widened and my heart raced when reading Philip K. Dick’s short stories, my introduction to science fiction. You carried Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Mandi Millen
Headline news from humanity’s frontline An abandoned shopping cart standing like a modern-day ‘Marie Celeste’ by the roadside. That streetlight that always flickers off the minute you get within ten feet of it. The succession of motley moochers in mismatching Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Marc Nash
This guest post is courtesy of Marc Nash. Though I didn’t start writing Flash as a deliberate act; rather, I was filling in the time between publishing novels with fresh writing. Having written nearly 200 flash stories, I’m now very Continue Reading
Short Story Contest #6!
As you might have noticed, we’ve been hard at work bringing you a list of places you can submit your short stories. We now have Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Short Story Markets available in our store. For this Continue Reading
Why I Write Short Fiction: A Guest Post by Kendall Bailey
This guest post is courtesy of Kendall Bailey. I prefer to read in short bursts, I have since I was in elementary school. It’s one of the reasons why I’m attracted to short fiction. I read novels too, please understand, Continue Reading