HeyJaredFlash Fiction Institute
Monthly reflections from the Flash Fiction Institute faculty—featuring writing prompts, craft insights, and resources to sharpen your short-form storytelling.
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Aphorisms: The Troublemakers of the Short Form (opens the original)
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Autumnal Flashes (opens the original)
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I am not a summer girl. I’m more autumnal by nature: blankets in the darkening evening, the scent of wood smoke just barely in the air, a cup of hot ginger tea. And the turning of the leaves. Pretty soon the world around me will be splashed with changing color as the trees prepare for their winter sleep. “He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellows
The Six-Word Story: The Ultimate Flash Feat (opens the original)
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Side Effects May Vary (opens the original)
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A Flash Fiction Quote-a-thon (opens the original)
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