The Art of Flash Fiction

Lots of questions . . . no real answers.

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Explore captivating Contemporary, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Horror, and more stories. Join us as a FREE Subscriber today. Embark on this fiction odyssey with us! 📖✨

Exploring how to fix your fiction. Also: writing about writing, redrafting, editing, narrative theory, and figuring out where, how and why the magic wording happens.

A newsletter about writing (mostly flash fiction and creative nonfiction), publishing, and reading. I'll share recent publications, workshops, and work that inspires me. For my bio and full list of publications, visit www.marijeanoldham.com

writing and talking about writing and other things (but mostly prompts)

Opportunities, mini essays and recommendations for creative writers. And short stories, flash fiction and poems by Sophie Campbell.

A newsletter about flash fiction, short stories, and the novel with special attention to what makes a story whole and complete, and how content and voice work in harmony. Emphasis on tools that writers can rework.

WestWord Lit Mag publishes great micro fictions, flash fictions and short stories.

Weekly updates from your friendly neighborhood literary database.

A weekly astrology column exploring the biggest energy of the week.

Rewilding culture with humor & honesty + writing (witch)craft… from a cultural misfit dwelling at the intersection of arts & Alaskan wilderness

Word witch recovering from dark academia and other cults, creative writing essays and prompts for art witches healing trauma, the EROTIC as self-care per literary witch Audre Lorde, TAROT, and THE CARNAL UNCANNY.

A monthly newsletter using chapters of the Tao Te Ching to inspire compassionate storytelling that speaks to what it means to be human, living now in the times we find ourselves in.

Dispatches from a nomadic life. Twice monthly I'll send you my travelogues, personal essays, reading recommendations, and tips. With a focus on awe, mindfulness, and the world of writing.

Everything necessary to fuel the muse: craft tips, writing prompts, and a curated cocktail.

A supportive community for writers and readers, featuring insights on writing craft, the power of narrative, and reflections on the good, bad and funny of the creative writing life.

Retreat West provides online fiction writing courses and workshops, and a friendly online community. Subscribe for craft development, interviews, submissions, workshops, and lots of other great writerly stuff. https://www.retreatwest.co.uk/

This is where I share my thoughts about a wide range of topics including creative writing, Dance Movement Psychotherapy, and self-care.

Indie Press since 1982, many quiet stars, one or two, yes, shining a while.

Wildly fabulous, imperfect & magical. Trying to be nobleawesomeshiny. Sharing my writing and creativity.

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Theories of Haunting is a serialized novel about a mother-scientist who is studying the ghost she accidentally picks up at a graveyard in order to establish a theory of haunting and reconnect with her deceased daughter.

Pour a cup, and pull up a chair! Join veteran educator Mrs. Keskes for learning and laughter in this newsletter for English teachers, creative writers, avid readers, and anyone who loves language. No teaching experience needed!

Submission opportunities for writers delivered to your inbox weekly.

My personal Substack

The Unexpected Shape is a Substack Featured publication for thoughtful softies living with limitations, with 9000+ subscribers, written by award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author Esmé Weijun Wang.

All about inspiration, journalling for creativity and sparking stories!

How the things we collect—and can't let go of—express who we are.

A re-imagining of DAVID'S LISTS on Facebook. I'll pass along lists of books to check out, especially the neglected/forgotten sort. And I'll be talking about my Insane Reading Project: Reading at least one book published in each year.

My personal Substack

Life, creating, being a writer, and publishing--from the longtime series editor of The Best American Short Stories.

Books & book-adjacent topics, taking the long view, the writing life, and related resources. Posts every 4-6 days.

Harvesting what really matters in great books. Self-development, psychology, morals and success stories

A weekly newsletter featuring literary events and opportunities near Philadelphia (or online). Home of Sit & Write, a drop-in coworking group for creative writers.

you are not an unspectacular thing. love@arspoetica.com.au

Join the Slow Writing Movement. You'll get ideas for mindful living and writing; wonderings about the nature of reality, life, love and the experience of being a human; and how you can write meaningfully about it.

23 year old writer & world traveler ✈️ I share short fiction inspired by the places I have traveled ✏️ Subscribe for weekly updates 🙌

Kate Sullivan explores life through words, music and pictures.

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Lucid writing. Authentic voices. Eye-catching art and photography. Curated by TVBR Editorial Team.

I write about a smorgasbord of subjects, always with a dash of hope. if you love reading about humanity, literature, writing, cinema, video games, and other related and unrelated stuff, let's connect.

Little worlds. Worlds on a postage stamp. A whole universe inside a thimble. Each month a different writer recommends ten pieces of flash fiction they've enjoyed.

A monthly article series about the elements of short fiction: ideas for rocket-boosting your writing craft, reading recommendations, and other writing-related ramblings.

Inspiration and Magic from Tammy Evans

All things books, writing, and storytelling every alternate Sunday with tons of recommendations, the occasional deep dive, and frequent gushing.

A newsletter for writers who love (or want to love!) movies.

Your occasional Cari Luna

musings on literature, poetry, reading, etcetera ; works-in-progress, including "Lecture for an Empty Room," "reading in the margins: a writing diary," (notes on fiction writers/writing) and "the genealogy book," http://robmclennanauthor.blogspot.com/

deepening your practice of poetry, mindset, and wonder

Comics about gender, justice, aging, and life as a woman in America.

For people who do language.

Book recommendations, essays, and author interviews from the author of Eve’s Garden and Weaver’s Knot. With a little frisson of Southern cooking.

A place to talk about stories in all their forms, the craft that goes into them, and the role art plays in our lives.

Buy my YA literary punk novel, THE CREW. Find me on Facebook. Author. Book editor. Thinker. Contrarian. Essays. Politics. Memoir. Book reviews. Fiction. No teams. No loyalties. Straight bourbon honesty.

Thrifting and Writing

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Essays, spec-fic, writing

On life in an Italian hill town, language, travel, writing, and books

Pine State is a newsletter that offers chatter on publishing, DIY publicity advice, and as much fun as the Hokey Pokey for writers & readers by Cassie Mannes Murray of Pine State Publicity

Admiring, mooning over, loving, and learning to write stunning sentences

I write and podcast about the intersection of self-awareness and human potential. Previously exited startup founder.

Written Tales Magazine, bringing literature back to the forefront through poetry, short story, and prose. We're a magazine that helps writers become better writers and a place for readers to enjoy creative writing at its finest.

Follow me on my journey to have more fun in my writing life with prompts, interviews, advice and more.

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry by an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Sustained by grace, Healing with humor

Writers FBOMB— their flash stories, micro stories, and books.

All-things writing, storytelling, language, sentence-level craft obsession, and general literary goodness.

A newsletter platforming women, nature & creativity

A place to explore the way the short story works.

releasing the hoard of stories I have written to spread the story love to readers everywhere.

Short-story analysis and recommendations

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Some mindfulness. Some notes about the writing life. Some cultural reflections. All with a light sprinkling of sociology.

Newsletter of Meg Pokrass' creativity prompts and hint fiction contests. Paid subscribers have access to full prompt archive. For paid subscribers receive 2 posts per week.

The Largehearted Boy weekly newsletter: books, music, & more

Writing Flash Fiction

Stories, poems, thoughts & more stories: the Alphabet Soup in my mind just keeps simmering.

Me being me. For now.

Reflections on writing and the writing life from a British writer in Mexico.

Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

poetry | astrology | mystery

A monthly newsletter on all things writing by Kathryn Mockler & guests.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

How we write is how we live. And how we live is how we write. A dose of creative writing for the soul.

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CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight. (In 2024 it begins 6/1!)

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Curating fee-free (AND paying) calls and competitions—plus other resources—for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction.

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

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(Re)wild Imagination is about hope-making, art-making, wildlife gardening, and poetry.

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