Short Fiction

This is the place to discuss the short story, from flash fiction to novelette and novella. Mods: Sage.

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction was a writing lab for writing, critiquing and selling stories that are 1000 words or fewer. It is no longer active.

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Conflicted on which genre to focus on in submitting this story
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Lady MacBeth
Lady MacBeth
Zach Lancer
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On containing your story
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Old Hack
Old Hack
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To query or not to query
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alexshvartsman
alexshvartsman
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What is the aim of a good genre ficton short story?
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J.W. Alden
J.W. Alden
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descriptions and setting
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blacbird
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Collection short story
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Jamesaritchie
asmira
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Natural Dialogue
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asmira
asmira
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I can't revise my short stories
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goshirn
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Writing more than one story at a time
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goshirn
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Twitter Fiction
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Shadow_Ferret
Shadow_Ferret
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Coming up with short story ideas
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Silver-Midnight
Silver-Midnight
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Is there a point in sending a short story to a POD publisher?
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astonwest
astonwest
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How do you know if you are any good?
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Anna_Hedley
Anna_Hedley
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the epiphany
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rhgibson
rhgibson
squeaky pram
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Has this ever happened to you?
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Jamesaritchie
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Why do short story submissions take so long?
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Phaeal
Phaeal
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Week-long workshop and conferences through lit mags
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gettingby
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Going into the past
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backslashbaby
backslashbaby
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3rd limited
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Reziac
Reziac
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How diverse should a short story writer be?
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IanCookeTapia
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War Stories
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Ken
Ken
Lewis jones
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Forgotten promise chapter 1 end scene
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Lewis jones
Lewis jones
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The New Yorker
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Ken
Ken
Sol Quince
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Writing short stories for practice..
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Carradee
Carradee
PeteDutcher
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How can I sell a short story as a book?
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defyalllogic
defyalllogic
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