With summer just around the corner, it’s time for everyone to head to the beach and generally enjoy more of the outdoors. Something about that really seems to get the creative juices flowing, doesn’t it? So we figure, why not Continue Reading
Infographic: Famous Writers’ Insults
All throughout history, writers have criticized the works of other writers. Sometimes, though, they skipped constructive criticism and went straight for the scathing insults! Check out this fun infographic to see what writers such as Truman Capote and Gertrude Stein had Continue Reading
Guidelines for Guest Post and Infographic Submissions
Hey everyone! As people who are passionate about short stories and flash fiction, we want to showcase the talents of authors and writers who also appreciate short fiction. Sometimes, this means that we might take a guest post or infographic Continue Reading
Winner of Flash Fiction Contest #8!
Congratulations to @tayloreaton (Taylor Eaton) for winning our eighth flash fiction contest! Taylor won a $10 gift card to Amazon. We thoroughly enjoyed reading our entries… as always, thank you for participating and we hope to see you enter more contests in the Continue Reading
Special Offer Thurs. 5/21 and Fri. 5/22 ONLY!
Our 1st anthology Reunions consists of emotional, heartfelt short stories about all kinds of reunions. Romantic reunions, friendly reunions, family reunions, you name it, we have it all! And we have some good news! For Thursday and Friday only you can Continue Reading
Announcing Short Story and Flash Fiction Sales
At Short Story and Flash Fiction Society, we’re proud to support indie authors who want to focus on story formats other than novels. We love the short story and flash fiction story forms, and we want to do everything we can Continue Reading
Is it Too Late to Start a Writing Career?
Are you afraid that it’s too late to start your writing career? Worried that your chance has passed you by? Well, what if we told you that Laura Ingalls Wilder didn’t start writing until she was 44? That Virginia Woolf Continue Reading
How to Write Great Flash Fiction: Crafting Killer First and Last Lines
Guest post contributed by Faye Kirwin of Writerology. Words mean everything to a writer. They’re the tools of our trade and should be placed with purpose and care for maximum effect. Nowhere is this more apparent (and necessary) than in Continue Reading
Three Infallible Tips for Writing Flash Fiction
A Guest Post by Bart Van Goethem Let’s not waste time on an introduction, shall we? 1. Develop a fear of death. Life is short. Too short, some would say. But whether you like it or not, one day you Continue Reading
Happy Endings: A Guest Post by Nancy Sakaduski
Happy Endings: A Guest Post by Nancy Sakaduski A problem I often see with short stories submitted to the Rehoboth Beach Reads Short Story Contest is a poor ending. Sometimes I get the feeling that the writer, having struggled to Continue Reading