A couple of years ago I had a brief affair with micro-fiction of the tiniest kind, thanks to a now-dormant website called Six Word Stories. There's a popular myth (and by all accounts it is a myth) that Ernest Hemingway kicked the whole thing off by composing the following miniature masterpiece: For sale. Baby shoes. … Continue reading Six Word Stories
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“Lightning” — A Six Word Story
For another of my occasional pieces of flash fiction, check out my latest zombie blink-and-you-miss-it story at Six Word Stories: Lightning strikes graveyard. Defibrillation occurs. Run!
“Hurricane” — A Six Word Story
More Edwards microfiction hits the web at Six Word Stories. I could stop if I wanted. Really I could. (Note to self: get on with the damn novel!) Everyone exhales simultaneously. Hurricane breaks records.
“Assassin” — A Six Word Story
Hurray! I just had another piece of ultra-short fiction published at Six Word Stories: Assassin takes aim. Target shoots back.
“Hide and Seek” — A Six Word Story
There's a claim that Ernest Hemingway was one of the first writers of flash fiction with a six-word story that goes: For sale. Baby shoes. Never worn. It's unlikely Hemingway actually wrote this, but you can't deny there's something seductive about the challenge of writing a story in just half a dozen words. Plenty of … Continue reading “Hide and Seek” — A Six Word Story
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