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On the Vulgar Appetite for the “Fact”
I am asked, with a frequency I have come to find wearying, whether the events of my novels "really happened...
by Leo Nakamura
The Tyranny of the “Relatable” Protagonist
There is a peculiar sickness that has crept into historical fiction...
by Leo Nakamura
Here a cat, There a cat
Still trying to decide what to actually DO here.
by Kim
The Wright Word
Chekhov's Gun
by Clive Wright
vegas bound(again)
lost in the Horseshoe Casino/Hotel
by Kim
Two Wayward Writers
Adventures in Podcasting
by Rachel McCarron
Read and Wright
Novels that have influenced my writing
by Clive Wright
brain scatter
dropping seeds all over the place
by Kim
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  1. Pamela Jo

    Craft Chat Fractured Lit editor on Flash Fiction

    https://www.facebook.com/FracturedLit https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/does-it-tell-a-story-a-chat-with https://fracturedlit.com/2025-ghost-fable-and-fairy-tales-prize/
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  2. J

    Help Please! Pulling back focus to core narrative when expanding a flash piece to a short story!

    Hello! Some of you were lovely enough to critique a 700 word flash piece I did recently. Along with the incredible feedback from yourselves and others, and a desire to expand it to a 2-3k short story, I am struggling with keeping the essence of the story in while trying to expand it out. I've...
    • JamieRae
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  3. Katie-Ellen

    Fanfare! A teeny fanfare: being published, flash fiction born here..

    'Red Rescue', it began life here in the Flash Fiction club, and had a few re-writes. It will be illustrated and published in August with The Story Shack I am sure they would want to see work from other folks here. Non-exclusive, you are free to place the piece elsewhere meantime.
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