Category: flash fiction

Best of the Web 2008 Contents Announced

Best of the Web 2008 Contents Announced Dzanc Books’ Best of the Web 2008 anthology hits stores next Tuesday and can be ordered online, or pre-ordered at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or by your favorite store today! Ryan Call recently reviewed the collection at NewPages.com, ending his review with: “The book both recognizes a wide range of quality online writing, and gives its readers … Read More Best of the Web 2008 Contents Announced

Happy Fifth Birthday to SmokeLong Quarterly!

I’ve been under the weather and so I apologize for being a fews days late in saying Happy Birthday to one of my favorite ezines–SmokeLong Quarterly. I am extremely grateful to the editors of SmokeLong for being so supportive of my writing over the years. In particular, I am grateful to Dave Clapper, whose devotion to SmokeLong and flash fiction inspires. So I hope … Read More Happy Fifth Birthday to SmokeLong Quarterly!

wigleaf top 50 and other news

The excellent folks at wigleaf have announced their top 50 online stories. Nice foreword and introduction from the series and selecting editors. The Kenyon Review announced KROnline described by David Lynn as: “a lively and innovative bridge between the world of the very best print literature and the emerging potential of the electronic universe.” A new issue of Narrative Magazine is live. Go on … Read More wigleaf top 50 and other news

Katrina Denza x 2

What a treat! Here is an excellent flash by the darling and dear Katrina Denza at wigleaf—soap–and a wonderful (generous) interview with her at Storyglossia.

My work in the new issues of: Mississippi Review and Quick Fiction

I’m thrilled and delighted to announce that I have stories in the latest issues of the Mississippi Review (the movie issue) and Quick Fiction.

Oh Baby, by Kim Chinquee

Be prepared: Oh Baby, Kim Chinquee’s debut collection, will knock you on your ass. It’s a book about love: mother for child; child for mother, for father; man for woman; woman for man and man and man. Love for running. Love for vodka. It’s a book about women: a runner, an artist, a nurse, a mother, a girlfriend, a wife, a daughter, a friend. … Read More Oh Baby, by Kim Chinquee

wigleaf interviews Quick Fiction’s Jennifer Pieroni

Wigleaf, an excellent new site for short fiction, has just posted an intriguing interview with Quick Fiction‘s Jennifer Pieroni. This interview is sure to please with such funny, honest, and human moments as this one: We were at a bookfair once and this woman rounded the corner and started fluttering her arms and making these excited noises. I thought maybe she was about to … Read More wigleaf interviews Quick Fiction’s Jennifer Pieroni