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Finding microfiction
I hope this week’s microfiction posts have whetted your appetite for this grab-n-go style of literature. If that’s the case, what better way to end the week than with some recommendations of where to find more? Twitter fiction Today’s your last day to take part in our little Twitter fiction challenge — tweet an action/adventure story... »
Morning Assembly by Marc Nash
He’d never any toys when he was a child. Well, when he was younger than he is now. Left to peck with his fingers in the dust alongside the chickens. He didn’t even know he was drafting imaginary maps and coastlines that now he was surveying for real. There was no instruction guide for this... »
How I Do It: Micro-flash
Micro-flash has become more than just a phenomenon, eccentric and kooky. I’ve been asked how I do it for my vignettes: Write the story, allowing full rein. Chop off the first paragraph. Go ahead. It’ll feel good. Look at the last paragraph. Chop it off too. No infodump. Cut out all of the fat, leaving bare... »
Issue 15 – Editorial
For the most part here on Ergofiction we have highlighted longer length stories, serials and completed novels in particular. But the internet is home to many other formats: short stories, flash fiction, hypertext fiction, and the subject of this week’s issue, microfiction. We are defining microfiction as anything shorter than 500 words. Some consider Twitter... »