Life, Joy, Pain And The Words Of A Writer

Woman As Art

Woman As Art

We writers have a wonderful vocation.  We try to capture life with our words.  And life is made up of joy and pain.

We use our words to share our particular vision of life.  It’s a struggle to be a writer, but the Pittsburgh Flash Fiction Gazette is here to support you.

It is here to support you with entertainment, practical advice about how to write flash fiction, emotional support and at times with publication.

This blog continues to evolve.  It began as the journal of a baby boomer.  It is now a full-fledged magazine.

Come along for the ride.

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This blog is published near the University of Pittsburgh.

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Read These Stories And Become A Better Writer

First saw you on a Monday

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You will find erotic, mainstream, literary and one pornographic story on this blog.  And you know what?  They are all well written stories.

Most critics would say that a flash fiction story is a short story of around 200 to 1,200 words.  That’s a pretty general definition.  A more specific definition might be that a flash fiction story is a significant even with closure.

Well, definitions are good; but examples are even better.  There are dozens of very short stories on this blog.  They are great entertainment.  And if you just happen to be a flash fiction writer, there is nothing like reading good short fiction to help you take your own writing to the next level.

Welcome to the blog that is about blogging, writing, sexuality and the pain and joy of life.

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Poem: Frying Fish

Frying Fish

The bare trees against the gray sky
seem like sculpture in a dream
as he sits on the sofa
scribbling in a small notebook,
the aroma of sizzling fish in a pan on the stove across the room in the kitchenette
reminds him of carefree childhood
in his mother’s kitchen.

Soon it will be summer.

The End

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Hello hello hello, all my fans on Facebook and Twitter and my Flash Fiction Fanatics.  The Old Soldier is obsessed with flash fiction but he has not given up on poetry.  I figure the better you are at poetry the better flash fiction writer you will be.  It is all about distilled language.

It’s around 2:00 PM on a cloudy day in Pittsburgh, the high is supposed to be around 61.

I hope all is well with you.  If you like reading short stories or if you write short stories, you will like this blog.  It is all about blogging and writing and the pain and joy of life.

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