Def­i­n­i­tion #7 of 50: Pho­tog­ra­phy. a. bright arti­fi­cial light thrown briefly upon a sub­ject dur­ing an expo­sure. b. flash lamp. c. flash­bulb. d. flash­tube.

Def­i­n­i­tion #6 of 50: Also called news flash. Jour­nal­ism. a brief dis­patch sent by a wire ser­vice.

Def­i­n­i­tion #5 of 50: super­fi­cial, mere­tri­cious, or vul­gar showi­ness; osten­ta­tious dis­play.

Def­i­n­i­tion #4 of 50: Infor­mal. flash­light.

Def­i­n­i­tion #3 of 50: a very brief moment; instant

Def­i­n­i­tion #2 of 50: a sud­den, brief out­burst or dis­play of joy, wit, etc.

What is flash fic­tion? It’s this. And more. And less. [Day 1 of 50]

Yet the [flash­es] I loved seemed to go even beyond “mere” inven­tive­ness. They evoked life­times and world­s­They evoked life­times and worlds…

A speak­er or writer invokes a sub­ject by deny­ing that it should be invoked.

The read­er should know at least much as your pro­tag­o­nist