Job Interview Tomorrow

The old saying is, it’s easier to find a job when you already have a job.  Well, I have a job now but it’s temporary, minimum wage and no benefits. Tomorrow, I have an interview with another company for a better paying  job in a permanent position with benefits. Wish me luck. GHH

Timing Is Everthing (A Very Short Story)

B.J. Kent asked Judy Lamar to join him after class for a couple of beers, his treat. Judy said sure. It would be the fourth time in two weeks that Judy had said yes to joining B.J. for a few beers. B.J. was sure Judy liked him. He sure liked Judy. Judy had large, firm [...]

How To Write The New Flash Fiction

Flash fiction cannot sustain much narrative movement. The story’s too short; but it is not a sketch. It must have movement. There must be development. Something must be different by the end of the story. If nothing has changed then the story is a sketch. If you’re writing a flash fiction story there must be change. [...]

The New Flash Fiction

The new flash fiction is a much more effective way of rendering a story than the traditional exposition-driven flash fiction for the simple reason that a picture is worth a thousand words. The new flash fiction is about using words to paint a picture and then letting the picture illustrate the story. The new flash [...]

Heminway’s Top Ten Flash Fiction Points

You want to write great flash fiction? You want to be a respected practitioner of the genre? Here’s what Hemingway had to say about flash fiction. Now of course Hemingway didn’t actually give me a check list for flash fiction; but anyone who has read the fiction on this blog can sense the impact this [...]

Flash Fiction by Paul Beckman

The Words Inside My Cheeks   This morning I fed my father, as he lay tubed up and helpless in his hospital bed. Feed him soft food, the doctor wrote. So he opened his mouth greedily to the farina and cut up pieces of pancake. Make a tunnel, I thought as I approached his mouth with [...]

I Phoned My Brother

I finally got a hold of my brother on the 25th and wished him a Merry Christmas.  He’s in the VA Hospital in Aspinwall near Pittsburgh.  He sounded sober and more upbeat then I’ve heard him sound in months.  Since he doesn’t have to spend money on food, rent or medicine at the hospital he’s [...]

Flash Fiction by Kaye Sebastian

Creature Comfort They both stared at the garbage can.  It shook and rattled.  Scratching came from inside. “It’s a raccoon,” Tom said, picking up the baseball bat and heading down the deck steps.  Vanessa stepped onto the deck and peered over the railing.  “Be careful!” Tom positioned himself next to the metal can, bat raised.  “Get out,” [...]

Call For Submissions

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is looking for short story submissions.  Read some of the stories on this blog.  Read a few of the articles on writing flash fiction.  Get a sense of the quality.  Read and follow the guidelines and send in your best “literary” flash fiction.

Here Are 30 Great Stories To Read!

There are 30 short stories on this blog for your reading pleasure.  Just go to the sidebar and under Categories click on “Flash Fiction Stories.”  Once you read to the bottom of a page of stories just click on the link you find at the bottom to read more stories.  You can do this until you’ve read all the stories on [...]