Kissing To Be Clever

“Kissing To Be Clever” is the title of a Culture Club album.  I was a big fan of Boy George and the band.  Of course “Do You Really Won’t To Hurt Me” and “Time” were my favorites.  Just a little while ago I was sitting in Del’s Italian Restaurant in Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy” and the [...]

15 Flash Fiction And Very Short Stories To Read

Calling all bloggers and creative writers.  The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is your one stop site for articles on writing and for your literary entertainment.  There are stories about men, women, love, sex, relationships, friends, marriage, war and the pursuit of dreams. In the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” you will [...]

A New Sexy Short Story For 5/31/09

I’ve put on the crock pot with boneless beef chucks, diced carrots, diced green peppers, beef stock and garlic.  I’m ready to take my shower and then take my walk to Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy” to pick up some toiletries; but I thought I’d leave you with a new flash fiction story to read. Flash fiction [...]

The Education Of A Flash Fiction Writer

The micro-fiction writer must turn thoughts into words into characters into a significant event with closure. Words on a piece of paper or on a computer screen are the projections of thoughts.  The words give the thoughts order so that a reader will be able to make sense of the writer’s thoughts.  Each character takes [...]

Flash Fiction And American Culture

It’s the Old Soldier here on a sunny Pittsburgh morning.  It’s around 9:00 a.m. and I’m looking forward to seeing my peeps later at Del’s Italian Restaurant in Pittsburgh’s “Little Italy” but first I want to do a little blogging. I am very proud of how the stories Girls Kissing Girls, Girls Gone Wild and The Last Nude Photos turned out. They [...]

Writing And Drinking

Does drinking help writing?  Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Raymond Carver and John O’Hara were all alcoholics and in most literary circles are considered great writers.  I know when I can afford it I like to drink beer.  Beer helps me get past the sheer agony of trying to come up with an idea for a [...]

Sex And Literary Fiction

Writers have been writing about sex ever since there was writing.  In pornography sex is the whole point of writing.  In erotica sex is the main point but not the only point of the writing.  In romance the relationship is more important than the sex.  In literary fiction characterization, motive, and storyline are all more [...]

Movie Review: On The Waterfront

Last night was the first time I saw On The Waterfront.  I got a tape from the Carnegie Library here in Pittsburgh and the movie stands up to the hype.  A young Marlon Brando stars as Terry Malloy, an uneducated dock worker and ex-professional boxer who stands up to the corrupt union leadership.  The film won [...]

A Publication For New Short Story Writers

The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette wants to publish new writers.  If you write flash fiction, micro-fiction, sudden fiction, post-card fiction or very short stories read the submission guidelines and submit your best work. You will find plenty of articles on how to write flash fiction in the sidebar on the right under “More Flash Articles”.  [...]

Slow Down And Write In Scenes

Many writers don’t know what “show don’t tell” means.  Another way of saying “show don’t tell” is “write in scenes”. Often times when a writer tries to write flash fiction, micro-fiction, nano-fiction, post-card fiction, sudden fiction, mini-stories or the very short story the writer ends up writing a summation. A writer ends up writing a summation [...]