Like , this piece of flash fiction was rejected for publication at one site. Of course I love this tale, but I can’t expect everyone to see it as I do. The three editors who commented on it all said the same thing, that it begs to be expanded, which I find uncanny because...
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Series Lets Have Fun Writing» Far be it from me to stake any claim to being a writer with enough talent and skill to sit on a high throne and give sound writing tips, yet I believe that this site needs a weekly ‘Writing Tips’ column, so I am going to take up the...
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In this flash fiction piece I weave a tale of eventually paying the piper in currency inked with terror… Beams of moonlight filtered in from the mostly cloaked windows and pierced her as she sat in the dark room, bound, gagged, and terrified. The wooden chair was cold against her thighs and the dirty...
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This flash fiction submission explores the probability that no matter how good, or how lucky we are, we still need a little help… Every landing you walk away from is a good one,  Sam thought to himself as he limped away from the now burning Jenny. He didn’t even look back at the plane...
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This is my 55 word flash fiction tribute to our recently fallen Angel… “Quit your sobbing,” the tinny voice rattled from the desktop intercom. A sniffling voice, “We can’t, Charlie. She’s gone.” “She may be gone, but she left you a charge. Each one of you has her twinkle in your eye. She will...
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Halloween is here and we at Extreme Writing Now are going ghost hunting. Suit up and throw the switch on to the containment unit; we have ectoplasmic creatures to snare. That’s right; our next contest begins right about…NOW! Deadlines Jennifer is also a copywriter  for other writers, individuals, and businesses.  Her experience includes writing...
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Yes, some would call us strange and those of us involved in the world of collecting Pulp Fiction would agree that we do have some mighty fun adventures.  So, Strange Adventures does describe a little about the world that we traverse in on a regular basis. Trolling around websites, hitting garage sales, flea markets,...
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Sunday, August 1st, at EWNN we are welcoming a special guest, author Tara Masih. Tara is a flash fiction author who is highly regarded as on of the genré’s best producers, and her latest compilation, Where The Dog Star Never Glows, is a high testament to that. Tara’s website can be visited at Tara...
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This Past Week at Extreme Writing Now Flash Fiction The Long Road Home (Part 5) The Eye Of The Dragon ~ 55 Spoken Words The Long Road Home (Part 4) Looking Back At Norman The Long Road Home (Part 3) The Long Road Home (Continued) Bird on a Wire Veil of Destruction The Long...
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“….or maybe it’s the alternator.” The ‘butinski’ continued to ramble, spewing his expertise all over Rocko and Vinnie as they tried to fix their sedan. After an hour of listening to the grating know-it-all, Rocko went to the trunk and returned with an aluminum bat. “You guys play Softball?” “Nah, just hardball.” Answered Rocko....
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Series Building A Short Story» All good things must come to an end, and so it is for our series, Eight weeks ago, we started with a piece fully intending to  create a much larger work of fiction from the micro-fiction cornerstone. Our goal was to reach the requirements for a short story (1001...
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Series Building A Short Story» We announced yesterday that this was the 6th installment in our series, Building A Short Story. Well, we were wrong, because this is actually week 7. We have come a long way since we started with our piece as a to build our short story upon. The story has...
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Welcome to the third installment in our series, Building a Short Story. If you have been following along, then you know that we started to build a short story by writing a 55 word fiction piece in the post The Micro-Fiction Cornerstone, and are attempting to create a
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“In national news today, federal officials investigating last week’s suicide Dr. Gerald Dean, prominent genetic researcher, say they may have a link between millions of embezzled grant dollars and Dean’s gambling addiction…”
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Edgar exhausted himself on the truth, but the State saw a different truth. So he found Jesus and accepted his fate. He was served his last meal and made his final walk. He was determined not to shuffle, but to walk like a man.
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Last week, we opened our series, Building a Short Story, by introducing a method of constructing a valid short piece from a micro-fiction, 55 word fiction to be exact, and rewriting by doubling the word count with each edit
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Tomorrow, May 28th, we continue our series, Building a Short Story, by starting with a micro-fiction piece and rewriting by doubling the word count until we have a bona fide short story.
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This Flash Fiction piece is all about turning the table. Pursuing the pursuers. Motives that began with revenge, but have transformed into a game of self-gratifying need. In the end, we are left with the tough choice of whether or not to root for the Just.
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Micro-Fiction is often seen as a joke, but try and satisfy all the requirements of 55 word story, for example, and then tell me it's a joke. You need characters, plot and resolution, all in 55 words exactly.
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A flash fiction piece by Alex that brings the underworld and Hollywood together in a venue on the other side of the camera. A place we really aren't used to.
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