Short Reads
GhostShort personal essays in flash nonfiction form, each a few hundred words, drawing on memoir, family history and small sensory moments. The writing is literary and reflective, mixing close observation with wry self-awareness.
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Short personal essays in flash nonfiction form, each a few hundred words, drawing on memoir, family history and small sensory moments. The writing is literary and reflective, mixing close observation with wry self-awareness.
A flash fiction newsletter from writer and teacher Kathy Fish offering craft articles that close-read published micro-fiction, plus writing prompts. Paid subscribers also get weekly posts, live write-together sessions and month-long generative writing events.
A daily newsletter of original horror fiction, including 100-word drabbles, flash fiction and a serialized paid novella. Readers get short, atmospheric spooky stories, especially during a 31-day Halloween drabble series.
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