That’s an interesting way of looking at them. So many flash fiction writers are taking on this compressed form in different ways that it’s hard to generalize. Joseph Young, a flash writer from Baltimore, has a collection, EASTERRABBIT, that is very much like flash-haiku.
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From Cate
April 11, 2010 at 8:26 pm
That last sentence absolutely sums it up for me — perfectly said!
From Randall Brown
April 14, 2010 at 7:20 am
Thanks, Cate!
From Janma
April 14, 2010 at 12:37 am
So then these stories are just like haiku in a way no?
From Randall Brown
April 14, 2010 at 7:18 am
That’s an interesting way of looking at them. So many flash fiction writers are taking on this compressed form in different ways that it’s hard to generalize. Joseph Young, a flash writer from Baltimore, has a collection, EASTER RABBIT, that is very much like flash-haiku.
From Gemma St. James
August 4, 2010 at 3:17 pm
I love this! You stated it perfectly! Oh, and I was also a lonely kid who spent all her time reading! Thanks for sharing this!