So what, you may ask, is this "flash fiction" anyway?
According to internet sources... "flash fiction" [is] a tale between 300-1000 words long. Longer than micro-fiction (10-300 words) but shorter than traditional short stories (3000-5000 words preferred by most magazines), flash fiction is usually a story of a single act, sometimes the culmination of several unwritten events.
And why, again, you might ask, is this something that you would participate in? And the answer to that would be... because it's fun! You should try it.
The pieces here are written in response to the challenges on Wordsmiths Unlimited. In a nutshell, the game is this. They show you a picture, and you write a story of not more than 500 words related to, describing, or in some way inspired by, that picture.
The ones I've done so far are linked below. They are in PDF format, so if you don't have the reader, you might want to go get it.
- Miners
- The Urban Jungle
- Hidden - An exercise in fiction as "still life" - write a story where nothing happens.
- The Guardian - This one was for a "spooky" halloween theme.