wordplay

  • In her introduction to The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction, Tara Masih defines flash fiction using Stuart Dybek’s description of rain from his short story, “Nighthawks”: “Each drop encases its own separate note, the way each drop engulfs its own blue pearl of light.” She explains: A successful flash enchants us,

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  • Tuesday Tickler: Not Here

    I’ve decided it’s too easy to get caught up in the muck and mire of daily bread and butter. I’ve decided there’s too many bogey men around and I don’t have the luxury of being scared. I’ve also decided that it is not OK for my children to see me mad at life. They have

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