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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 53

May 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition - Issue 53
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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

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— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson

“Eggnog” by Adam Janos via Word Riot

This flash fiction story aptly shows how voice and description can weave together to create an original and strange mood. The lasting image from the final moment of this humorously and disturbingly erotic scene is one that I’ll carry with me for awhile.

“A Real Nurse” by Denise Duhamel via double room

This flash piece is best described in the author’s own words: ‘There may be a difference between flash fiction and prose poems, but I believe the researchers still haven’t found the genes that differentiate them.’

“The Last Thing She Wore” by Kathryn Kulpa via Monkey Bicycle

What I love about this flash fiction piece is its lively and rebellious energy despite the dark and ominous setup. A story like this would make a perfect writing prompt.

“Smooth” by Kathy Fish via Juked

Only in flash fiction can one get away with a story like this, capturing a vivid scene both internally and externally while effortlessly stringing the reader along until the very last sentence.

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 52

May 1, 2016 Leave a Comment

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition - Issue 52
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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

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— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Valerie Brown of Endless Edits

“The Lily and the Horn” by Catherynne Valente via Fantasy Magazine

The details of this story are so precise and beautifully written, from the flowers to the stones to the unicorns, I love it all.

“Foreign Tongues” by John Wiswell via Flash Fiction Online

Deliciously funny! John Wiswell creates an outstanding first encounter with an alien species that involves eating ice cream.

“Flower” by Steve Passey via The Molotov Cocktail

A beautifully written, yet tragic story that I can’t get out of my head. If you own a dog and have kids, it’ll give you chills.

“Die Here” by Natasha Arnold via First Stop Fiction

The disconnected-suicidal nature of the main character just pulls you in. Also, the writing flows and perfectly compliments the character’s thoughts.

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 51

April 24, 2016 Leave a Comment

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition - Issue 51
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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

Subscribe to Flash Fiction Daily

— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson.

“Saudade” by Zain Saeed via CHEAP POP

This piece skillfully demonstrates how to movingly pull off writing about lost and/or unrequited love in only a couple hundred words . The narrator’s attention to sensory detail, coupled with his love for language itself, effectively plants this memory into the reader’s consciousness.

“Mothers and Demons and the In-Between” by Janelle Garcia via FLAPPERHOUSE

I love this flash piece for all its grounded, vivid detail of abstract, conceptual fears. Though I’m not generally interested in ghost stories or stories that involve demons, this snippet evokes the very real and mystifying power of grief.

“The Flowers” by Alice Walker via The Literary Link

Alice Walker is a literary giant whose writing and activism have influenced culture at some of the highest levels. I was delighted to happen upon a piece of short fiction by her, which, upon reading, artfully presents all the benchmarks of the more contemporary category that we now call flash fiction.

“ The Almost Werewolf” by Colin Rowe via Apocrypha and Abstractions

I just recently discovered the online flash fiction journal Apocrypha and Abstractions, which tends to publish flash fiction that is more obscure and surreal. This piece encompasses both the obscure and the surreal, throwing in just the right amount of humor for a memorable flash experience.

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 50

April 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

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— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson.

“Breakfast” by Eugenie Montague via Tin House

What I love about this story is the layering of convincing, detailed imagery, amidst obscure, surprising action and unexpected and original character development.

“Date Night” by Tori Bond via Atticus Review

This piece works on multiple levels: It’s smart, humorous, disturbing, gross, and sad. It’s also refreshing to read a story about older characters whose sexuality, however dysfunctional in this case, isn’t outright dismissed or ignored.

“Three Months to Summer” by Arunima Mazumdar via Pure Slush

Full of color, strangeness, and irony, this piece surprised me in the best ways.

“Saturday Night” by Bernard Grant via CHEAP POP

This flash piece is an excellent example of how just the right amount narration, dialog, and action can perfectly blend together to display a complex and dynamic family portrait featuring multiple characters that are both present and absent

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 49

April 10, 2016 3 Comments

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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

Subscribe to Flash Fiction Daily

— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson.

“Call to Arms” by Andrew Stancek via KYSO Flash

I was smitten with this story after the third sentence. What I didn’t realize, until finishing the first paragraph, was that this story is an emotionally tough, well-crafted example of the power of flash to not only entertain but enlighten and educate as well.

“Breakfast” by Eugenie Montague via Tin House

What I love about this story is the layering of convincing, detailed imagery, amidst obscure, surprising action and unexpected character development.

“Date Night” by Tori Bond via Atticus Review

This piece works on multiple levels: It’s smart, humorous, disturbing, gross, and sad. It’s also refreshing to read a story about older characters whose sexuality, however dysfunctional in this case, isn’t outright dismissed or ignored.

“Three Months to Summer” by Arunima Mazumdar via Pure Slush

Full of color, strangeness, and irony, this piece surprised me in the best ways.

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 48

April 3, 2016 1 Comment

Flash Fiction Sunday Edition - Issue 48
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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

Subscribe to Flash Fiction Daily

— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson

“The Space Between Goes For Miles” by Angel Luis Colon via Literary Orphans

I’m normally skeptical of stories full of abstractions rather than concrete action, but this piece shows me just how fluid the flash fiction genre can be. Poetic in nature, this reads as a meditation on a moment—in a tiny space—and all the emotional intensity it contains.

“What We Did Not Lose In The Fire” by Ashlie Hyer via Hobart

This is one of those pieces that does that thing I love but is difficult to pull off in flash fiction: It presents a concrete, grounded scene happening within a much larger context. Hyer expertly shows us only what we need to see, and we’re left both satisfied yet aching for more.

“My Mother’s Death – A Sonnet” by John Guzlowski via The James Franco Review

Just when I think I have something figured out—in this case, flash fiction—I’ll find an anomaly that, for lack of a better expression, punches me in the face. This is one of those ‘wait, you can do that?’ kinds of pieces. It’s a story, it’s a poem, it’s historical, it’s personal, it’s just what you think it is and isn’t all at the same time.

“Cool Steve” by Jeffery Carl Jefferis via [PANK]

Snapshot portraits are perfect for flash fiction, especially when they highlight the strange and borderline heartbreaking idiosyncratic tendencies of a character like Cool Steve.

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Flash Fiction Sunday Edition – Issue 47

March 27, 2016 Leave a Comment

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Welcome to our ongoing Flash Fiction Sunday Edition.

If you are new here, we do this every Sunday.

We also publish 101 word Flash Fiction every day. We even deliver:

Subscribe to Flash Fiction Daily

— Shannon

Flash Fiction chosen by Mark Dennis Anderson.

“Evolving” by Jess Mize via Saturday Night Reader

In general, good horror is hard to come by. Then again, I consider myself a newbie to the sub-genre of flash horror; I’m sure there’s a lot out there I have yet to discover. This little flash of horror works for me; it’s grounded in concrete, detailed action, provides just the right amount of context, and left me tingling and grossed out.

“Milk” by Christina Sanders via Toasted Cheese Literary Journal

This is perhaps one of the most exquisite pieces of flash I’ve encountered. Considering its eloquent mixture of earthly and mythical elements, I am reminded of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or Tony Morrison.

“A Revolution in Four Courses” by Naru Dames Sundar via Flash Fiction Online

Like my experience with flash horror, I am new to reading flash fantasy. As perfectly executed in this example, I find that grounded, descriptive scenes that show me the world the author has created, interspersed with contextual details, works best.

“Pretend-Phoning” by Jonathan Cardew via Spelk

This is one of those stories that I sense is perfect for flash and flash alone; any longer, and it would lose its charm.

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