A draft

I've been working for a while on a series of interconnected stories, tentatively titled Manslaughter; here are two new flash fictions from that series. It's set in my hometown of Normal, Illinois.

Taken down after a few days by my usual policy of only leaving new, unpublished work up for that amount of time.

"Good Dog" by Anne Carson

This eight-part prose poem in the 25 February 2010 issue of the London Review of Books is a must-read for any lover of prose poetry. It is exquisitely astonishing.

New Flash Fiction Journal Links

See the right column for three more online journals that publish flash fiction: Elimae, Six Little Things, and Wigleaf. I'd be glad to hear your opinions of them.

Bridport Prize adds flash fiction category for 2010

The prestigious Bridport Prize has added a third category for 2010, flash fiction up to 250 words. You can find out more here.

Congratulations

to former Sudden Prose student Thomas Clayton, whose flash fiction "Reeling" is in Leaf Books' new anthology, From the Left and More Micro Fiction. Buy a copy and check it out!

Mslexia looking for flash fiction

Women writers, take note: Mslexia is looking for flash fictions of a maximum 150 words on the theme of "harness." The deadline is 12 February 2010. Further details are available here.

An online journal reviewing short story collections

The Short Review is a monthly online journal that publishes reviews of short story collections and anthologies as well as interviews with short story authors. They also have regular competitions and book giveaways. It's edited by Tania Hershman, author of The White Road and Other Stories (Salt, 2008), a collection of short and short short stories which was longlisted for the Orange Prize.