Best Flash Fiction
Fiction in a flash! The best flash fiction stories start with a good idea.
Flash fiction is very short... less than 1000 words. Actually, most people consider flash fiction to be less than 500 words, and many people try for less. It can be fun to write, and challenging. Try to pack an entire story into a few words! This is a talent to be developed. Little Girl at a Typewriter Buy at AllPosters.com

Flash Fiction: In 55 Words
My 55 Word Flash Fiction
55 word flash fiction was introduced to me on the exceptional Extreme Writing Now website, headed by Alex Crabtree. So, what is 55 word flash fiction? The writing of short stories has become very popular over recent years, and flash fiction is a big part of this genre. Usually, it is composed of writing which has a 750 word count, developing a story within the confines of this limit. Now, imagine writing a story or a piece of fiction with a beginning, middle and end in just 55 words. It can ...

Tales of Fiction: Not Yet
Fictional, Mysterious, Unexplained and Horrific - The Stuff of Nightmares
The "Tales of Fiction" lenses are very short fictional stories; or are they? In most ways, yes: they are the thoughts of an over-tired brain - a puff of wind on a breezeless day, or as Dickens might put it "a bit of undigested potato". Whatever they really are, they chatter in my brain like living things until the sound (like claws on a blackboard) makes me cringe. That's when they usually hit paper. I'm not a writer - not in the sense that I'd normally sit down (like Stephen King or Peter S...

Flash Fiction - Micro Fiction
Flash Fiction - Micro Fiction - Very Short Stories
Well written Flash Fiction benefits reader and writer. The reader of Flash Fiction will find immense enjoyment with mind stretching plots from few words. Flash Fiction exercises the reader's imagination with a quick rap, to focus your attention. The writer of Flash Fiction is forced to throw away words and ideas focusing the story into its most economical narration.

Flash Fiction Stories
Quality Flash Fiction
Flash fiction stories of quality are well written very short stories of 1,000 words or less. What is important to remember is that they are complete stories with a beginning, a middle and an end. Writing flash fiction stories is not only fun, but a good writing exercise, because they help you to write tight. This skill will aid you with your other fiction, such as longer short stories, novellas and novels.

Why Write Flash Fiction?
Flash Fiction - The Little Story That Could
Have you ever had a fleeting moment of creative inspiration? A brief story that calls for you to tell it, but you feel no desire to enhance it to a longer piece of fiction? Don't blow it off as an unusable idea just because you can't see it being a longer story. Write it, feel it, grow with it. This is flash fiction. Due to its brevity, writing flash offers you many opportunities to develop different aspects of your writing style. This helps you practice the elements of surprise and suspense...

Bus Stop: Micro fiction Story
What is Flash Fiction?
As well as conjuring up some random squidoo lenses, I also enjoy writing fiction. Here's one of my flash fiction efforts. This is one of those stories that seemed to launch itself from my brain onto the screen, almost while I was away making a cup of coffee! I do love those sorts, rare as they are. They are always surprising and I end up thinking, "Hey, I didn't mean to write that!" So cast your eyes and please feel free to post a comment. I've put some links at the bottom of this page, to s...