Items tagged with 'Flash Fiction'

You Don’t Have to Write About Everything, Actually

Column by Chelsea Stickle

Depending on your life experiences, you may feel obligated to write about: gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, trauma, etc. But you don’t have to.

Zac Smith: "Maybe I Think It Just Feels Fun"

Interview by Gabriel Hart

Gabriel Hart interviews Zac Smith about his new collection, "Everything Is Totally Fine" (Muummuu House).

7 Short Literary Works for the Shortest Month

Column by Lisa Bubert February 15, 2021

Let's traipse through some of the finest short fiction around.

Fatter than Flash, Shorter than Short: The Joys of the Brief Story

Column by Darrin Doyle October 26, 2018

Invigorate your short fiction by restraining word count.

Anatomy of a Mini Flash Novel Experiment: Angel Dust

Column by Alex Behr

"Planet Grim" Author Alex Behr turns prompts into experimental prose.

UPDATED WITH WINNER!!!!!!! LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: LAST ONE!!!!!!!!

Column by Taylor Houston July 29, 2016

IT'S THE LAST FLASH FICTION CONTEST, SO MAKE IT GOOD. Pick a prompt from any previous Flash contest and give us your best 250 words.

UPDATED WITH WINNER: LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: Knockemstiff Edition

Column by Taylor Houston June 30, 2016

You know what to do.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: Prince's Poetics Edition

Column by Taylor Houston May 31, 2016

The Prince of Purple knew how to write Poetry. Let's try our hand.

UPDATED WITH WINNERS - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: April Edition

Column by Taylor Houston April 29, 2016

Win a copy of Matt Marinovich's novel "The Winter Girl."

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: City of Rose Edition

Column by Taylor Houston March 30, 2016

Roses. Hipsters. Pickled pickles. Bacon Donuts. Vegan Stripclubs. Amateur Private Investigators. This is Portland. Or is it? Enter the 'City of Rose' by Rob Hart edition of Flash Fiction!

UPDATED WITH WINNERS - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: Leap Year Edition

Column by Taylor Houston February 29, 2016

Hooray! There is an extra day in the worst month of the year!! Let's celebrate with flash fiction stories about something that takes too long...

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: Maps Edition

Column by Taylor Houston January 29, 2016

Maps show us the way. Win a copy of 'Bats Of The Republic', the debut book by Zachary Thomas Dodson.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: The Holidays (Post Alien Invasion) Edition

Column by Taylor Houston January 4, 2016

20 Years After Earth is Conquered by Aliens - What Happens to the Holidays?

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: 5 Word Story Edition

Column by Taylor Houston November 30, 2015

Take a break from your word count and give us just 5 words.

Storyville: How to Write Flash Fiction

Column by Richard Thomas November 4, 2015

Tips and tricks for writing powerful flash fiction.

UPDATED WITH WINNERS - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: Kanye West—Reanimator Edition

Column by Taylor Houston October 30, 2015

Yeezus and H.P. You CAN'T get any better than that. Well, you can try. Here's your chance.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: September Edition

Column by Taylor Houston September 30, 2015

Opus T. Penguin of Bloom County has woken up after 25 years. This month, write a story that picks up 25 years after something.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: August Edition

Column by Taylor Houston September 1, 2015

We've giving away a copy of 'Broken Parts' by Gayle Towell.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: July Edition

Column by Taylor Houston July 31, 2015

Flashers welcome.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: 'New Yorked' Edition

Column by Taylor Houston June 30, 2015

Win a limited-edition 'New Yorked' umbrella from Rob Hart, author of the new book 'New Yorked'—coming out June 9th! Just give us 25 words about New York City.

UPDATED WITH WINNER - LitReactor's Flash Fiction Smackdown: May Edition

Column by Taylor Houston June 1, 2015

DON'T PANIC! Our own Richard Thomas has a new book--WIN IT by offering the most kickass Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy/Towel Day Flash Fiction Entry. You have, you guessed it, 42 words.