Many times a story is submitted to NANO Fiction and the editors love everything about it except for the last line or two. PROMPT Take…
Sometimes we set out to write a piece of flash fiction, but the story demands more. We may grapple with including details, character history, or…
Despite watching her grow from a toddler to a child to a young teenager, the wolf had never dreamed that the girl he often watched…
Writing flash doesn’t have to be like a choose your own adventure novel. You don’t have to write just one version of a story—you can…
He tells me I wouldn’t survive on the East Side. He tells me I wouldn’t survive on the West Side. He’s talking about Detroit. I…
Tomlinson tells this complex story (view here) primarily in dialog. This isn’t often successfully done, but Tomlinson pulls it off by recalling some of the speech…
This piece (view here) is amazingly short, and Huddleston leaves out just the right amount of mundane details. Many times, details about break ups or other…
Not the regular kind, but Do-It-Yourself. Out in the middle of Utah or Nevada, somewhere hot and brown and desolate. So dry the water felt…
In “For Tourists Such As Yourself” (view here), Morales writes about a country without drawing from cultural stereotypes. Instead, he choses to personify the country…
Poland loves you, but you never come to Poland. Why is that? We are a big nation. We contain mindful, thriving people. We’ve become safe…