Flash fiction is short. The first thing people want to know, though, is “how short?” I tend to be very noncommittal about an answer. Who cares? This short piece, that has been ascribed to Hemingway, ...

In their second collection of ""flash fiction"" stories-aka ""short shorts""-Thomas and Shapard have pulled together almost 80 works that are consistently swift and powerful, distilling the ...

What is flash fiction? Well, everyone knows what fiction is: a story with non-real people and events. So, it only makes sense that "flash fiction" is a fictitious story that can be read in a "flash." ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Boris Kachka, the books editor at the Los Angeles Times, and I’m in the mood for fiction — lots of it. Fortunately, my TBR ...

In a sense, every edition of the Safety Pin Review is a back issue. That’s because every issue is first published on the back of someone’s shirt or jacket with the help of a few safety pins. Safety ...

Nancy Stohlman has been a fixture in the local literary scene for years – and she’s got a long history with one of the shortest forms. Still, flash fiction is in many ways just coming into its own, so ...

Dreams have been described as dress rehearsals for real life, opportunities to gratify wishes, and a form of nocturnal therapy. A new theory aims to make sense of it all. What Is Flash Fiction? What ...