This is the third story in this summer’s online Flash Fiction series. You can read the entire series, and our Flash Fiction stories from previous years, here. We ...

and our Flash Fiction stories from 2017 and 2018, here. I answered that I’d been visited by three ghosts. Was it three? The first ghost showed up in the form of a Bernese mountain dog.

What is flash fiction? Exact definitions vary, but all agree it's short--anywhere from a single sentence (like this one attributed to Hemingway: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn.") to 1,500 ...

Flash fiction – very short, bite-sized stories – has become the favourite form of many writers. It's succinct, punchy and effective – perfect for the online reader and perfectly in synch ...

Readers of fiction are obsessed with length. The novel is the thing. Short stories will do when they are masterful (O’Connor, Ó Faoláin, Lavin). But flash fiction? Who needs it? Lots of ...