Showing posts with label flash fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flash fiction. Show all posts
Friday, August 08, 2025

There is a world of difference between a 125,000-word novel and a flash of 50 words

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Spending my days and nights with a close reading of the formatted text for my historical novel, "Zeppelins over Denver." Much of m...
Saturday, July 05, 2025

"Old Girls and Palm Trees" by Meg Pokrass is a dream

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I am reviewing a new book today but first wanted to outline the pleasures and dangers of late-night reading on the Fourth of July weekend. I...
Friday, June 20, 2025

A Writer Orders a Birthday Cake

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She’s pretty but doesn’t know it yet or maybe she does, maybe her new spouse told her that this morning before she hustled off to a new job....
Monday, November 28, 2022

Hair stylist at the Cancer Infusion Station

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Lorna of the luxurious brown hair. The first time I saw her. Not a streak of grey in it. I knew it wouldn't last because she's right...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Flash fiction, zeppelin style

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The Loneliness of Zeppelin Denver Zeppelin Denver  was my name. Christened LZ-17 in August 1915 and only later did I get a proper name. On...
Monday, December 09, 2019

Welcome to the Poetry Hotel

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Write short , said all the experts. Be concise.  I first heard this advice as a student reporter for my university paper. Give me 500 word...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

New Flash Fiction Review: "Welcome to Zan Xlemente, Zalifornia"

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New Flash Fiction Review published one of my pieces April 27 in its "New Work" section online. It's a fairly new online mag w...