"Flash's chief characteristic is its compression and its liberty to move towards poetry. At times, it may be hard to distinguish between prose poetry and flash. Conversely, at times, flash may have a narrative arc which so resembles a short story that you will question my judgment." -- Hobie Anthony
FlashFiction.Net has a singular mission: to prepare writers, readers, editors, and fans for the imminent rise to power of that machine of compression, that hugest of things in the tiniest of spaces: flash freakin fiction!
Coming Up: A good starting place is the index. It's the quickest way to find what you're looking for: prompts, interviews, examples, definitions, craft articles, essays, flash pieces, and the like.
Written by Matter Press's founder and managing editor Randall Brown, A Pocket Guide to Flash Fiction provides NOT the way to write flash fiction, but SOME ways to make your writing flash!