Congratulations to Drew Chial for winning our 10th Flash Fiction Contest! Drew won a $10 Amazon gift card. Thank you to everyone who entered! You can read Drew’s winning story below! Red Flags By Drew Chial Twitter: @drewchial The beach was Continue Reading
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Flash Fiction Contest #10!
Hey guys! Happy Friday! We have another flash fiction contest for you today. The picture above is your prompt. But we want the story to be on a specific theme–we want you to write about an abrupt breakup. Allow the Continue Reading
$0.99 Stories (Available 3 Days Only)!
Monday through Wednesday (8/10 through 8/12) you can grab a copy of Reunions or Murder: Horror Flash Fiction Stories for only 99 cents! Reunions is a heartwarming anthology put together by us. It’s our first anthology and features many talented Continue Reading
Flash Fiction Contest #9
Hey guys! Happy Friday! We have another flash fiction contest for you today. The picture above is your prompt. We want you to write about what you think happened to this couple right after the wedding. Did they have a good 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
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
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