Download or read book Very Short Stories Flash Fiction written by James Thomas and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1992-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These stories are not merely flashes in the pan; there's pay dirt here!" ―DeWitt Henry, editor of Ploughshares

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Download or read book Hint Fiction An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words Or Fewer written by Robert Swartwood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than one hundred short stories, each with no more than twenty-five words.

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Download or read book Tiny Crimes written by Lincoln Michel and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty very short stories that reimagine the genre of crime writing from some of today’s most imaginative and thrilling writers “An intriguing take on crime/noir writing, this collection of 40 very short stories by leading and emerging literary voices—Amelia Gray, Brian Evenson, Elizabeth Hand, Carmen Maria Machado, Benjamin Percy, Laura van den Berg and more—investigates crimes both real and imagined. Despite their diminutive size, these tales promise to pack a punch.” —Chicago Tribune, 1 of 25 Hot Books for Summer Tiny Crimes gathers leading and emerging literary voices to tell tales of villainy and intrigue in only a few hundred words. From the most hard–boiled of noirs to the coziest of mysteries, with diminutive double crosses, miniature murders, and crimes both real and imagined, Tiny Crimes rounds up all the usual suspects, and some unusual suspects, too. With illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook and flash fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, Benjamin Percy, Amelia Gray, Adam Sternbergh, Yuri Herrera, Julia Elliott, Elizabeth Hand, Brian Evenson, Charles Yu, Laura van den Berg, and more, Tiny Crimes scours the underbelly of modern life to expose the criminal, the illegal, and the depraved.

Download or read book Write to be Published written by Nicola Morgan and published by Snowbooks. This book was released on 2011 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You want to make a publisher say yes? First, understand why they say no; then apply that knowledge to your book. Nicola Morgan - the Crabbit Old Bat of the renowned blog, Help! I Need a Publisher! - has made publishers say yes around ninety times. Now she reveals the workings of publishers' minds and whips your work into shape with humour, honesty, grumpiness and chocolate. 'A punchy and practical guide - fluent and informative.' Mark Le Fanu, General Secretary, Society of Authors. 'The tutor I wish I'd had when I was starting out. Nicola Morgan is made of crabbit - but she is also made of awesome.'Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat.

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Download or read book Making Sense of Show Don t Tell written by Louise Harnby and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-03-12 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fiction-editing guide shows authors and editors how to recognize shown and told prose, and avoid unnecessary exposition. Louise Harnby, a fiction editor, writer and course developer, teaches you how to identify stylistic problems and craft solutions that weave showing and telling together, and understand why there's no place for 'don't tell' in strong writing. Topics include: Shown and told prose in different scenarios; the relevance of viewpoint; when exposition serves story and deepens character; and tools that help writers add texture.

Download or read book Sudden Fiction written by Robert Shapard and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 1986 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents over seventy short stories five pages long or less by such American authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury, Langston Hughes, and Raymond Carver, and includes authors' commentary on the genre.

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Download or read book Serious Flash Fiction written by Ben Warden and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Serious Flash Fiction project challenged individuals to create a story using just 129 characters. The project was inspired by the wealth of talent bouncing around Twitter and the creative opportunities that word constraints can offer. The quality, diversity and talent in this anthology is a testament to storytelling. We hope you enjoy reading the contributors stories as much as we did.

Download or read book Quick Change written by Debbie Young and published by Hawkesbury Press. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flash fiction, sudden fiction, micro-fiction, ultra short fiction - call them what you will, these twenty wry and witty short stories examine change at every stage of life, in a natural progression from birth to death. Mostly lighthearted, but often moving too, this collection is written with an admirable economy of style. Ranging from a spartan 100 words to the relative luxury of 1,000, they combine sharp observation of contemporary English life with gentle humor, profound affection for the social quirks of the author's native country, and the odd dark rumbling undertone. Plenty of surprises emerge along the way, from twists of magical realism to whimsical wish-fulfillment. BONUS MATERIAL: The paperback edition contains two new stories that were not in the original e-book edition, but were originally published in national flash fiction anthologies.

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Download or read book A Dash of Flash written by Millie Thom and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighty five 'wee gems' in a single book ...A Dash of Flash is an eclectic mix of stories with both contemporary and historical settings, plus a few fairy tales and ghost stories added for good measure. Step inside and join the many and varied characters at their times of joy or sorrow, remorse or loss. Laugh at their foibles, commiserate with their grief and indulge with them as they reminisce. Or simply smile at the fantasy of the tale. Glimpse them all for but a mere flash in time...

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