| Flash Fiction Online | |
|---|---|
| Editor | Jake Freivald |
| Staff writers | Jake Freivald Mark Freivald Karen Smith R. Not to be confused with Karen Smith the character from the film Mean Girls, or Karen R W. Ware |
| Categories | fiction, flash fiction |
| Frequency | monthly |
| Publisher | Jake Freivald |
| Paid Circulation | 0 |
| Unpaid Circulation | approx. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. Flash fiction is Fiction characterized by its extreme brevity 3,800 visitors / month (as of Mar 6, 2008) |
| First issue | December 1, 2007 |
| Country | |
| Language | American English |
| Website | flashfictiononline.com |
Flash Fiction Online is the first online magazine dedicated to professionalizing flash fiction in its own right. Events 800 - Charlemagne judges the accusations against Pope Leo III in the Vatican Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Phonology North American English regional phonology In many ways compared to English English, North American English is conservative in its Phonology. Flash fiction is Fiction characterized by its extreme brevity
Flash fiction is loosely defined as stories of 1,000 or fewer words, although publishers vary. Flash fiction is Fiction characterized by its extreme brevity Many magazines accept flash fiction and are considered professional by organizations such as the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (see SFWA criteria), but they are not dedicated to flash fiction. Science Fiction Writers of America, or SFWA (ˈsɪfwə or /ˈsɛfwə/ was founded in 1965 by Damon Knight. Several magazines, such as Vestal Review, Flash Me, and SmokeLong Quarterly, are dedicated to flash fiction, but are not considered professional by the SFWA, regardless of the high quality of their content. Vestal Review is the oldest magazine dedicated to Flash fiction. Flash Me Magazine is a Quarterly online Literary magazine published by Winged Halo Productions SmokeLong Quarterly is a Quarterly online Literary magazine which publishes Flash fiction and Interviews with its authors
Flash Fiction Online pays professional rates for flash fiction and is not a vanity press. Other milestones needed before achieving professional status include consistent publishing for a year (a milestone it should achieve with its December, 2008 issue) and circulations of 1,000 subscribers or equivalent.
In addition, it is publishing professional writers. Each issue has featured a professional: December 2007, Bruce Holland Rogers; January 2008, Eric Garcia; February 2008, Dave Hoing; March 2008, James Van Pelt; April 2008, Carl Frederick; May 2008, Bruce McAllister. Bruce Holland Rogers is an American Author of Short fiction who also writes under the pseudonym Hanovi Braddock Eric Garcia (b 1972 Miami Florida) is the author of several humorous novels including Matchstick Men which was made into a movie directed James Van Pelt is an American Science fiction author who began publishing in the mid-90s and is seen by many as an emerging star of science fiction In addition, Bruce Holland Rogers will begin a column on writing the short-short form starting in June 2008.
One other distinguishing feature of Flash Fiction Online is its desire to print genre fiction (e. g. , science fiction, fantasy) as well as literary fiction. Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting