My Gift To You

A growing collection of plum stories, all available online and linked below. Let these model micros and fab flashes inspire you to write your own extraordinary very short fiction.

Enjoy!

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“A Notice from the Office of Reclamation” by J. Duncan Wiley at Pleiades

I found this gem in the wonderful collection of very short fiction, The Best Small Fictions 2015. The guest editor Robert Olen Butler defines a small fiction in the introduction as “a lone wolf of a lie.” more
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“Peripheral” by Tessa Yang at Hermeneutic Chaos Journal

This fab flash reminds me of one of my least favorite writing rules, “Write what you know.” I get it. The rule actually means…. more
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“Millepora” by Shannon Peavey at Flash Fiction Online

I don’t agree with the complaint I hear and read so often, that most work in literary magazines is bland and contains workshop DNA…. more
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“Draft” by Deb Olin Unferth at Wigleaf

Typically I dislike stories about writers and writing. On the other hand, I groove on anything “meta” when it’s done well (and despise it when it’s not). more

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