Very short stories existed long before we used the name “flash fiction”. For a while, they were called Cosmopolitan shorts,…
Girl by Jamaica Kincaid you ought to read
Chances are, you’ve already read Jamaica Kincaid’s Girl, first published in The New Yorker here, and later the opening story…
Escapism: Prison escapes and failed attempts by famous writers
Thrice Miguel de Cervantes spent time in jail, twice for unpaid debts, and once, for five years, as either a…
Two stories by Lydia Davis you ought to read
Lydia Davis is in a league of her own, and The Outing (printed here, at Conjunctions, alongside four more pieces)…
FULL MOON LIGHT HOUSE, a game/prompt
How to play Draw a grid, maybe a 3×3 grid. The larger it is, the more difficult the game. Begin…
Jars and more jars you ought to read
Sheila Heti’s Mermaid in the Jar (printed here at the Short Story project) is maybe my favourite flash, and I…
A 1930s cartoon told from the perspective of a dinosaur
For the dinosaur, a palace was no place to be. He yearned for the open plains. He wanted plants to…
An office chain email by Charles Yu and a very short piece about monks by Clemens Setz you ought to read
Poetry’s nice, and these poets, they know a thing or two about language. But does it make them happy? I…
Two stories by Grace Paley you ought to read
Wants The truth is, I don’t have much of a memory for stories. I’ve read Grace Paley’s Wants, printed here,…
Best of the Net 2019 nominations
Nominating stories for awards is one of the best parts of editing a magazine. The Sundress Best of the Net…
The Sunday Octopus 