Tuesday
Scott Garson and the wonderful folks at wigleaf celebrate hint fiction with Robert Swartwood and ten contributors to the forthcoming Norton Anthology of Hint Fiction. From Mr. Swartwood's (the anthology's editor) introductory comments at wigleaf:
By some weird twist of fate, I created the term "hint fiction," which has, for the time being at least, gained some momentum. Inspired by Ernest Hemingway's six-word story--"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn"--Hint Fiction is a story of 25 words or fewer that suggests a larger, more complex story.
And there's also this, from Scott Garson's Foreword:
I've taken a long dive there, and from a short board. But isn't that the point? The writer has gathered a handful of words, has shaped them. How far can we go?
Check out the rest of the introduction and the work of hint fiction authors such as Michael Martone, Roxanne Gay, Ben White, and Stephen Dunn here.
For further reading, check out FlashFiction.Net's suggested readings of flash fiction and prose poetry collections, anthologies, and craft books, by clicking here.
