I’ll be reading flash fiction entries for the Ekphrastic Review Ekphrastic Cats Flash Fiction and Poetry Contest. The deadline is May 5, 2022. One winner in flash and one in poetry will each receive $100CAD, to be paid via PayPal. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Flash
New Publications I was a slacker in 2021! Only 17 new stories published, compared to 20 in 2020. But I have three pieces that were accepted but not yet published, so that evens things out. I was happy to make … Continue reading
I’m thrilled to say my story “Road Runners,” published in Milk Candy Review, has been chosen for Best Microfiction 2021. And also happy to see so many writing friends and students listed here! The final judge for the 2021 anthology … Continue reading
Publications in 2020 It felt like 2020 wasn’t a very good year for writing. Let’s face it: 2020 wasn’t a very good year for anything. As the year began, I was at work on a novella-in-flash made up of linked … Continue reading
“Snow Day” was a runner-up in the No Contact “No Contest” competition. You can read all the winning and commended stories in Issue Thirteen at No Contact magazine. … Continue reading
This summer I’ve been busy teaching flash fiction workshops for Cleaver Magazine and Truro Center for the Arts, but also managing to get some writing done. What’s next: I’m teaching Afterburn: the Art of Flash Revision for Cleaver starting the … Continue reading
Stories Published This Spring The pandemic spring, when time moved strangely and everyone swam through a dark dream, until reality shone a floodlight on us all. It felt like I did nothing this spring. I often berated myself for doing … Continue reading
Do you sometimes need a push to get writing? I do, especially in this time of quarantine, when normal life structures have been lifted. I find it helpful to have deadlines, prompts, and someone to hold me accountable. That’s why … Continue reading
The Mix Tape Write a flash prose piece (fiction or nonfiction) that begins with a line from a pop song. Aim for not more than 400 words, and in the body of the story, use at least four other words … Continue reading
Color My World Pick a color that appeals to you from the color wheel, or a box of crayons, or the Pantone color web site. Set a timer or stopwatch for one minute and brainstorm all the words and images … Continue reading
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