Winter 2015: All Flash

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"Day 233: Visually Stimulating Words" © Ansy Wong; used by permission

On the Shortness of Everything

Even flash essays need space for thoughts to ramble—and thoughts are the things that power a strong ‘I’ voice.

—“What's a Flash Essay?”

New pieces will appear on the Table of Contents as they publish throughout the issue cycle.

 

Columns

Amazon, Where’s My Readfit? by David Biddle
If Only They Had Listicles in Regency England by Emily Toth

TW Reading Series

The Craft of Flash Novella Writing by Meg Pokrass
Sparkly Plans, Grease, and Luck by Meg Pokrass
Notebook for a Novel by Stacy Carlson
Viola's Speech by James Tadd Adcox

First Person

What's a Flash Essay? by Martha Nichols

Flash Nonfiction

All the Things the Mohawk Stole by Tracy Roberson-Woolard
Dear iTunes by Rachel Furey
The Gleaming Light by Jocelyn Heaney
Ten Things I Hate by John Silvio
Grout by Mary Collins
He Calls Her Blossom by Jeri Edwards
Essaying the Body: A Look Inside by Richard Hoffman
How Can I Miss You When You Won’t Go Away? by Stephen Brown

Fiction

Woodland Wedding and Other Stories by Anna North
Lost Wax by Leonard Kress

Poetry

Miki Fukuda: Two Poems by Miki Fukuda
Autumn Stephens: Prose Poems by Autumn Stephens
Louisa Howerow: Haiku by Louisa Howerow

Trends and Reviews

Mr. Spock Was My First Crush by Martha Nichols
Free Speech: Who Gets to Decide? by J.p. Lawrence
Dear Young Writers by Lorraine Berry and Martha Nichols
Gender Wars: The Listicle by TW Editors

Interviews

Katie Cortese on Writing by Kelcey Parker

Advice

Misdirection by Ruth Carmel

 

 

© Ansy WongArtwork in this Issue

Featured Artist: Ansy Wong

  • Winter 2015 cover
  • "What’s a Flash Essay?"
  • "Dear iTunes"
  • "Free Speech: Who Gets to Decide?"
  • "Louisa Howerow: Haiku"
  • "Sparkly Plans, Grease, and Luck"