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I told myself when I retired I'd get serious about writing fiction. In 2005, my wife decided to take an early retirement package. I quit my job, and we moved to North Carolina. After taking a few months for myself, I signed up for two classes and began reading books about writing fiction. Early in this process, I stumbled onto flash fiction and found it fit my style of writing. While this genre has many definitions, the one I see most often describes flash fiction as complete stories of 1000 words or less. Some publications limit the word count to 500, 100, or even 55. Check out a few of the e-zines found here to learn more. | He Had It Coming The nurse left work at five o’clock. She turned right, walked three blocks to the corner of Mann and Wolfe, and melded with the pedestrians waiting for the light to change. She dipped her head and put a hand over her eyes, as if to shade them from the sun, when she saw him standing on the opposite corner. A knit cap covered her red hair. Read the entire story here. | |||||||||||||
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Apollo's Lyre publishes flash fiction to 1000 words, poems of no more than forty lines, articles on writing, book reviews, and interviews. Read the submission guidelines here. | ||||||||||||||
In response to a post on my personal blog, a reader suggested I publish a series of interviews in which editors "list, in excruciating details, all that each editor desires in his/her stories." Wow. What a great idea. Not only does this provide authors with specific information about what editors are looking for in the submissions they receive, it offers editors a venue for advertising their publications and getting the word out about what, in their opinion, constitutes "good writing." Read more here. | ||||||||||||||
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