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Tag Archives: Flash fiction
Micro Fiction – Paragraph Planet
Paragraph Planet is a micro-fiction website that has been publishing a new 75-word story (including any title) every single day since November 2008. Yes, exactly 75-words, no more, no less. Yesterday I had my third published by them, so to … Continue reading
Paragraph Planet. Again.
Where have I been? I know, and you probably don’t care. But it doesn’t really matter where I’ve been, but more what I have been up to. And that’s writing. A little. And planning my writing. A lot. And the … Continue reading
6-Word-Stories
Hemingway once wrote a story in just six words (For sale: baby shoes, never worn.) and is said to have called it his best work. Okay, so I’ve posted 140 character Twitter stories before, but 6-word-stories are about as short … Continue reading
Max sat amongst the dead.
Chuck Wendig is hosting a flash fiction challenge over on his blog. Following on from a ‘write a kick-ass opening line’ challenge, this is to write a piece of flash fiction starting with one of the handful of opening lines Chuck picked out … Continue reading
Twitter story
Cat Connor and James Houston Turner held a Tweet length Story Competition recently, and I’m pleased to say I’m one of the winners. Compared to Literature Bitch’s 6-word story, 140 characters felt positively roomy. Here’s my entry: First date. Shower … Continue reading
Short Story Podcast – The Fourth of July
You may recall that a few months ago, I wrote a flash fiction piece for Morgen Bailey to coincide with American Independence Day. I wrote the imaginatively titled The Fourth of July. You can read it here. Well, this is … Continue reading
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Tagged Flash fiction, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Short Story
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Flash Fiction: Crosshair
A blast from the past (for me). I wrote this piece of flash fiction a few years ago. Thought it was about time I dusted it off. Crosshair The crosshair moved smoothly, from one person to another, pausing only briefly … Continue reading
Flash Fiction Friday
When I saw that Morgen Bailey was looking for an Independence Day themed piece of flash fiction for her Flash Fiction Friday pages of her blog, I thought I’d knock something up. And if you haven’t come across Morgen before, … Continue reading
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Tagged 4th July, Flash fiction, Independence Day, Morgen Bailey
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Flashbang – 150 word flash fiction
A little while ago I posted that I’d been long listed in a flash fiction writing contest. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, flash fiction refers to very short pieces of fiction. Anything from a handful of words to about … Continue reading
Flashbang – Bang, Bang, You’re Read!
I saw the above contest a few weeks ago, and on the spur of the moment I decided to give it a go. I haven’t done any flash fiction for a while, but have always enjoyed writing tiny pieces when I have … Continue reading
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