I am a writer and passionate reader of literary fiction. Diary of a Heretic is where I post work in progress, polished as best I can within a daily time frame, except when stories need a little more development. I also post flash fiction (less than 500 words). . . .
‘55 A Day’ is a repository for 55-word-long stories. Length mandatory, content wide open. Nanofiction like this is a fun excuse to get yourself writing, an exercise in minimalism, and a way to find what’s most important in your story. With 405 and counting, there’s plenty to read, and at 55 words long each, there are plenty of stories . . .
Short stories, flash, contemporary, mainstream fiction for the attention-challenged reader. . . .
Adam’s subject matter tends towards the surreal or at least the very least weird. His writing has been described in the press as a ‘Chandler-esque hard-boiled cocktail, stirred with equal parts humour, mystery, gut-wrenching realism, and trademark minimalism’, ‘weird, wonderful, twisted and witty’ and even ‘almost Fawlty Towers’ which is, unsurprisingly, one of his favourites. His first book, a collection . . .
Out of loneliness, or boredom, maybe, you assign a URL to your heart and share it on the forums and social networks you frequent. The hits trickle in at first, the unusually curious trampling through, poking and prodding, unsure of what they’re seeing. But then the links spread. Everybody wants to see your heart, to have a role in pulling . . .
The Khandroma Project is the personal, interactive and ever-evolving portfolio of Khandroma. The Khandroma Project has it all from experimental/hybrid fiction to poetry to stream-of-consciousness writing. Come on in, kick off your shoes, grab a cup of tea and get comfy! Comments, feedback, and constructive criticism are encouraged at The Khandroma Project where dialogue is nurtured. Art is a conversation; . . .
Jentropy is a collection of literary serial and flash fiction stories. The ‘Grievous’ series explores the subtle ways we handle grief and loss, while inviting readers to engage with a realistic protagonist on new life adventure. . . .
A collection of flash fiction that runs the gamut from surreal to absurd, to horrifying to hilarious. Stories weave in and out of each other and link at irrational moments. . . .
I read the first installment of Idiosyncracy and Intrepidity and instantly fell in love. I know I fell in love because it’s sci fi, because there are galaxies involved and shiny worms that chew wormholes through the fabric of space.
The writing is rough because of typos/grammatical errors/writing nuances, but it [more . . .]
I liked the writing so far in this collection of scifi vignettes & short stories. "The Milgram Experiment" in particular was a heart-wrenching little bit of flash fiction that I loved – lots of emotional punch in very few words. Excellent. The general setting for the stories seems to be a future where AIs are powerful enough to mimic human [more . . .]