What is the State of Flash Fiction?
At times it seems that flash fiction is a genre that lives on the borders of poetry and fiction and that it’s most at home on the digital screen instead of in print. Yet, here at NANO Fiction we acknowledge that the genre is more complex than how the form is presented, or what terms define it.
After the colossal loss, I strayed solo, taking stabs at fun. I slashed down idiot water park slides and wandered malls filled with carousels and lingerie and pretzels. I stood where I could stand, in spaces with decorative pillars, in places that propped my body up like a doll or a taxidermied lady.
What first drew you to NANO Fiction? I work at the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses [clmp] which means I come across a lot…
What first drew you to NANO Fiction? I have been interested in NANO Fiction since the beginning, almost, in 2006. I wrote a story about…
Lots of stories are submitted here at NANO Fiction about death, but fewer stories show up about birth. PROMPT: Write a story about something being…
What first drew you to NANO Fiction? I love that the magazine publishes only flash fiction. I love a word limit when I’m writing, and…
What first drew you to NANO Fiction? I discovered NANO Fiction while living at a friend’s house for several weeks. He kept an issue on…
Hey New Yorkers— NANO Fiction will be participating in CLMP’s 13th Annual Lit Mag Marathon Weekend. Stop by the Marathon Reading to hear our brand…
Soon after they move into the house, Bill begins finding nails on the floor. At first they’re tiny, and infrequent, so he places them in his toolbox with a mind to search for where they came from later. In no time though, he’s finding larger nails, and screws, scattered under doorways and beneath window frames.