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To study the flash form, the students in my introductory Creative Nonfiction course began by reading excerpts from Brian Oliu’s So You Know It’s Me…
We’ve all read stories about characters addicted to gambling, or drugs, or sex, or alcohol. But—at least according to TLC’s “My Strange Addiction”—there are lots…
One day you will go to Mars, and I will not. I do not mean to sound bitter, because I am not bitter. I am…
Kirby Johnson: In the upcoming issue you explain that you collect elements from cultural lore and intertwine them with your own experiences and narratives. How has…
Dear Readers and Writers, As you may have heard, we’re deleting our current Facebook account in order to make a brand new fan page, and…
Here, in the state of Flash, there is only one rule: Be brief. That is it. There are those who march, waving flags, chanting things…
Kirby Johnson: Congratulations on the 2012 NANO Prize! What prompted you to enter the contest? Patrick Swaney: Thanks! I love what you guys do at…
Kirby Johnson: What makes a good flash piece? Which is to say, what do you value, as a reader, in a piece of flash fiction? And…
Join NANO Fiction at Periodically Speaking, from 6:00pm until 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 for a conversation and readings by Chas Carey, Stephanie Valente, Alissa Riccardelli and…
Hello, NANO Fiction readers! Ahh, election year, that time when we are slogging through and ignoring our various uncles’ Goblin Party Facebook tirades. And what…