Writing, Literature & Erotica

The Gazette believes it has found its niche on the Internet as a blog of writing, literature and erotica.  As editor and publisher of the Gazette, I hope to continue this evolution and to make the Gazette a one stop site for readers and writers seeking literary entertainment and insightful articles full of practical tips and [...]

A New Story About Marriage, Sex, Nudity And Love

A new story is up at the Gazette.  What do young married people talk about in the bedroom?  What happens when a young husband bumps into an old girlfriend and the girlfriend is hot?  How will the young wife react? Real life is complicated.  Life in flash fiction can be complicated, too.  There is no [...]

Writing A Story With An Unhappy Ending

We all know real life stories that end badly.  Life is like that.  In fiction, a story can have an unhappy ending, too.  But if the writer doesn’t want the reader to feel that reading the story has been a complete waste of time some good must come out of the unhappy ending no matter how [...]

Short Stories In The Mode Of The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises still stands up to a lazy summer time of reading: the characters and the landscape, the dialogue and the simmering sexuality.  It was Hemingway’s breakout novel, a book that evoked the after war period of the 1920s.  If books can capture a time period, then so can short stories. Meet the students, [...]

The Importance Of Telling Stories

Be proud that you are a fiction writer no matter what your level of ability.  Fiction has been with human kind from before written language.  Stories about home and clan and tribe were passed down orally from one generation to another.  There is a need in human beings to tell stories.  Stories strengthen a community’s sense [...]

12 Sexy Short Stories For A Hot Summer

There is nothing like a hot summer for some adult reading fun.  Here at the Gazette are 12 stories of sexuality for the reader of erotic entertainment.  These stories are not just about sex but are about the impact of sex on the life of men and women caught in the drama of living. At the [...]

Leave Some Things To The Reader’s Imagination

When a writer leaves some things in a story to the reader’s imagination, that writer is inviting the reader to share in the creation of the work.  A writer who tries to put every single detail about a story in the story shuts out what the reader brings to the story.  The reader is not [...]

Dialogue Can Save Your Short Story

Dialogue is the sound track of a short story.  A writer can put honking car horns and thunder in a story, but readers want to hear the people in the story talk.  It is through action that characters reveal themselves and dialogue is action.  This is why dialogue must reveal… It’s a lovely summer day [...]

Life, Writing & Blogging

Life, writing and blogging, the three cannot be separated.  The Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is a great resource for the writer and blogger trying to capture the endless variety of life. In the sidebar on the right under “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” can be found life in its stunning variety. Scroll down to find [...]

Culture, Education & Entertainment

Readers, writers and bloggers will find culture, education and entertainment here at the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette. If culture is about artistic pursuits, if education is about intellectual pursuits and if entertainment is about amusement then the Gazette has all three. In the sidebar on the right are “Great Flash Fiction Stories To Read” and [...]