A microfic­tion piece from eli­mae.

Imag­ine that you asked me, “What draws you to the flash fic­tion form?” Imag­ine this is the answer. 

The more I write flash and come to under­stand it a bit bet­ter, I find that I’m drawn to the need for impli­ca­tion in flash fic­tion, of ways to imply what flash doesn’t give you the space to make explic­it.

A reprint from July 2009. Christo­pher James gives us a few ideas about what he thinks might make a bet­ter flash.

An exam­ple of micro fic­tion from FRiGG.

Friday’s Writ­ing Prompt asks you to twist read­ers’ expec­ta­tions right from the get-go.

FlashFiction.Net con­cludes the unof­fi­cial Steve Almond month with a flash from his col­lec­tion of mini-essays and short shorts–This Won’t Take But a Minute, Hon­ey.

A fifty-word micro fic­tion piece using five prompt­ed words from Richard Osgood at Zoetrope Vir­tu­al Studio’s Flash Fac­to­ry. The five words: Dime, Pow­der, Appetite, Tor­tilla, Mint Julep.

Steve Almond gave FlashFiction.Net per­mis­sion to reprint a craft essay and flash fic­tion piece from This Won’t Take But a Minute, Hon­ey, described by the fol­low­ing by the Har­vard Book Store. This entry focus­es on the craft piece on plot gone wrong.

Today, I’m a proud guest of Flash Fic­tion Chron­i­cles as I put FLASH FICTION under the harsh glare of the inter­ro­ga­tion lamp and fig­ure out what FLASH FICTION desires.