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2020 O:JA&L Chapbook Series
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Associate Editor Pamelyn Casto
Flash Fiction: A Primer
About the writer:
Pamelyn Casto, twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, has published feature-length articles on flash fiction in Writer’s Digest (and in their other publications), Fiction Southeast, and Writing World (and elsewhere). Her essay on flash fiction and myth appears in Rose Metal Press’s Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field and her 8,000-word essay on flash fiction is included in Books and Beyond: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading (4 volumes). She also has a 5,000-word article on flash fiction as the lead article in the new book Critical Insights: Flash Fiction. Subscribe to her free online monthly FlashFictionFlash newsletter (first issue published in 2001) for markets, contests, and publishing news for flash literature writers. Casto is an Associate Editor at O:JA&L.
Image: Suprematist Composition by Kazimir Malevich(1878-1935). Oil on canvas. No size specified. 1916. Public domain.
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Thanks for this, Pamelyn. It helps present Flash Fiction as a legitimate literary form and not simply as a quick story written by lazy writers for lazy readers. And thanks, particularly, for the work you’ve done gathering together so many anthologies of flash.
I agree with Wayne Scheer’s statements. Well done! You have provided a thoughtful and thorough reference.
Have just read, with pleasure, Pam Casto’s chapbook on Flash Fiction. Very detailed and thorough. I especially loved the links she gave near the end to some inspiring poems and stories, and will try to obtain some of the books she recommends.