I have a new story in Stripped: A Collection of Anonymous Flash, edited by Nicole Monaghan, which is available in paperback from Amazon and Lulu. Here’s the product description: Stripped is a collection with a twist. Yes, the fiction contained herein includes works from some of the best-known names in flash fiction as well as the [...]
It’s that time of year again: The 5th Annual Micro Award is now open for submissions through Dec 31, 2011. The Micro Award is presented annually for flash fiction not exceeding 1000 words. Stories of all genres published originally in 2011 are eligible. Editors may submit two stories; writers may submit one. The winner of [...]
Last year the Gotham Writers’ Workshop held a Hint Fiction Contest in conjunction with the anthology’s release. This year they’re having a Microstyle Contest in conjunction with the release of Christopher Johnson’s new book (which I reviewed here). Here are the details: Inspired by the July publication of Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little, Gotham is [...]
So that’s what was in the mail today, ten copies of The Serial Killer’s Wife (which is now available) and the proof copy of The Calling (which is not yet available). It’s cool to have the actual physical book, I guess, though it doesn’t really mean much. After all, the reason self-published writers never made [...]
The Best of Every Day Fiction Three is now available, which features my story “Multiplicity” along with 99 other fine stories published last year at Every Day Fiction, including stories by K.C. Ball, Gay Degani, Ben Loory, Aaron Polson, and many more. Many thanks to Camille Gooderham Campbell and Steven Smethurst and Carol Clark for [...]
First, I want to thank everyone for helping spread the word and participating in the contest. We had an amazing turnout this year, with just under 650 stories submitted, which isn’t too bad considering the contest was open for just two weeks. The past two years there have been 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners [...]
In one more day, Hint Fiction will turn two years old. Hard to believe that what originally started as a not-so-serious essay which was intended to be read by only a handful of people turned into something this big. After all, Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer came out in November [...]
The Calling — which I announced last week — won’t be available until April, so for now I present you with a “prequel of sorts” called Spooky Nook. The 10,000-word novelette tells the story of Kevin Parker, a writer whose wife has been missing for eight months, who encounters a familiar old woman with an odd request — [...]
Yesterday Robin Vidimos reviewed the Hint Fiction anthology for The Denver Post and said many nice things, including: “Hint Fiction” is not a collection of memoirs, but a collection of short stories meant to challenge and enlighten. These works feel like a beginning with a number of possible conclusions, it is left to the reader [...]
