Microfiction Resources

If you are new to this world of microfiction, it can help to read examples of other people's stories and to learn from published flash fiction authors. here are some links:

• 100WordStory.org. There is a story section, plus photo stories, along with a monthly photo prompt, and the blog sidebar contains a list of journals and books.
• How to Write Flash Fiction. Tips from a Neil Gaiman writing class.
• Drabble at FanLore. This is a detailed article on drabbles in the context of fan fiction.
• 'Hint Fiction' Celebrates The (Extremely) Short Story at NPR
• Can You Tell Your Life Story In Exactly Six Words? at NPR
• Two-Sentence Horror Stories: thanks to DW in the Myth-Folklore class for telling me about this show!
• PostSecret. The postcards here are not written to fit a specific word count, but they often tell very intense stories in very few words.
• Twitter hashtags: #25wordstory, #sixwordstory, #6wordstory
• Also, this is not fiction, but is instead an amazing 6-word-writing project: The Race Card. Writing about race in six words.

Some Kindle books:

• In a Flash! Writing & Publishing Dynamic Flash Prose by Melanie Faith ($2.99)
• Quick Flash Fiction: Unleashing Your Creativity by Charles Eugene Anderson ($2.99)
• The Art of the Very Short Story: A Guide for Readers and Writers by Charlie Close ($3.95)
• Drabbledark: An Anthology of Dark Drabbles edited by Eric Fomley (99 cents)
• Chronos: An Anthology of Time Drabbles edited by Eric Fomley (99 cents)
• Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer edited by Robert Swartwood ($8.99)

Plus you can also Google these terms, like drabble stories, to see what you learn. And the #SixWordStory hashtag at Twitter features both stories and lots of fun image writing prompts too, like this one from Mark Lee:

If you are going to snag a Kindle book, here is the one I would most recommend: In a Flash! Writing & Publishing Dynamic Flash Prose by Melanie Faith ($2.99).