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Bruce Holland Rogers may be a “well kept secret” in some circles, but as an Oregonian, I have known about him and his work for years. Today’s flash form craft lesson video [...]

February and March blogs posts are full of flash form resources and craft talks with a book recommendation perfect for wintertime… Cold Flashes: Literary Snapshots of Alaska, edited by [...]

This month, Airstream Dispatches and Monthly Mentorship participants read Rick Bailey’s American English, Italian Chocolate published by University of Nebraska Press. In some ways, this is [...]

I’m willing to put my own work up for scrutiny here, too, and since we’re talking flash form writing craft, I wanted to share the first story in Flashes of War, titled “While [...]

Funny Bone Flashing for Comic Relief edited by Peter Blair and Ashley Chantler fills the publishing gap of limited humorous flash fiction writing. It’s “Wry, off-beat, quirky, [...]

Here’s a story where nothing and everything happens all at once. A girl lies awake in bed, restless. She finally sleeps and has a dream. She wakes up and makes her bed. THAT’S IT. And [...]

The Best Small Fictions 2015 was guest edited by Robert Olen Butler and the series editor was Tara L. Masih. 2015 marked to beginning of this series featuring the year’s best flash, micro [...]

I’m thirteen and pigeon-toed. A nice profile and clear skin–but my figure will take twenty more years to curve toward sexy and strong. It’s a weekend and I’m at Jackson Middle School, which [...]

We all have those authors whose work and teachings stay with us forever. Bonnie Jo Campbell is one such author for me, and I’ve delighted in the connection we’ve been able to keep up [...]

You Have Time for This, compiled by Mark Budman and Tom Hazuka, features flash writing in 500 or less words. The 44  diverse authors come together with stories for everyone across all genres. As [...]