Flash Fiction

[King of De Nile]

I saw this mentioned once in the wordcount thread, but just in a passing way. I've been considering a try at writing some flash fiction in between drafts of my longer works as a way to clear my head before I revise. But I hate doing things that wouldn't be productive, so I want to write good flash fiction. To do that, I need to read more than I have (not hard, I've only read 3 or 4). Does anyone here read or write flash fiction, and if so, where would be a good place to ground myself in it? I'm afraid to pick a random source, because how do I know their relative quality? Thanks, y'all!

[the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh]

I saw this mentioned once in the wordcount thread, but just in a passing way. I've been considering a try at writing some flash fiction in between drafts of my longer works as a way to clear my head before I revise. But I hate doing things that wouldn't be productive, so I want to write good flash fiction. To do that, I need to read more than I have (not hard, I've only read 3 or 4). Does anyone here read or write flash fiction, and if so, where would be a good place to ground myself in it? I'm afraid to pick a random source, because how do I know their relative quality? Thanks, y'all!

If you want really good really really short pieces, Locus, the professional journal of the SF field, does single-para filler SF news items at the bottom of review pages, which tend to be excellent in an off-the-wall sort of way.

Also, Nature for a couple of years ran a series of one-page SF stories from some of the best writers in the field, including some real gems, and I believe that a collected volume of those is coming out pretty soon.

[Cyclone Jack]

Ideomancer

Flashquake

A word of warning: flash is hard. 

[WonderandAwe]

I looked at the flashquake site and submitted something.  Hopefully I get good comments back from the editors.

[Cyclone Jack]

I looked at the flashquake site and submitted something.  Hopefully I get good comments back from the editors.

Best of luck!