Flash Fiction

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words, while others consider stories as long as a thousand words to be flash fiction.

In one particular format, established by Steve Moss, editor of San Luis Obispo New Times, the requirement is 55 words; no more and no fewer. Another, unspecified but frequently held, requirement is that the title may be no more than seven words. Hyphens do not alter the word-count (
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Flash, copy transcribed from Word Yahoo email Q Q Winner Flash Fiction Contest Diversicon 27 (2019) by Scott E. Shjefte “THE NEXT STEP” Flatness, extended flatness, boring endless, on and on, forever… Roundness, I think, I am round. Rolling, I can. Energy found from within and great joy to roll. Roll to the end of Flatness. Sense of self, I can PING!. PING< PING< PING< Hear the ping of my sphere! I am sphere - the flatness extends, as I roll. Roll is great but much sameness everywhere. Des ...more
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A sister dovetails into a sister. Under steady state conditions, a sister can’t pinpoint the endpoint between her brain and her sister’s: a flow of speech runs in a loop.
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