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Interview with Pamela Painter
Tommy Dean interviews Pamela Painter, whose story “Letting Go” was first published in New Flash Fiction Review, and reprinted in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018). Her second story in NEW MICRO is “Help” first published in Five Points.
Best of the Net Nominations, 2018
Our BEST OF THE NET nominations are in! We've nominated "Tooth" by Whitney Scharer and "Out of Reach" by Steve Cushman. Good luck to Whitney and Steve!
Interview with Curtis Smith
Curtis Smith is interviewed by Meg Pokrass as part of NFFR’s New Micro Interviews Series. Curtis Smith’s “The Quarry” and “The Storm” have been published in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Interview with Nancy Stohlman
Meg Pokrass interviews Nancy Stohlman about her stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and her new forthcoming flash fiction collection, MADAM VELVET’S CABARET OF ODDITIES. This interview is part of New Flash Fiction Review’s ongoing New Micro Interviews series
Interview with Kyle Hemmings
Meg Pokrass interviews Kyle Hemmings about his stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing microfiction.
Interview with Lynn Mundell
Meg Pokrass interviews Lynn Mundell about her work in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the art of writing microfiction.
Dear Leo # 4
How to talk to dead writers—and get them to talk back (aka another off-the-rails-column-by-dear-leo) by Leonora Desar My favorite writer is Ned Vizzini. There’s this book, It’s Kind of a Funny Story. It’s sitting here right now. It has a yellow cover and a map of a...
Issue 14
Featuring new flash by Josh Russell, Tara Isabel Zambrano, Francine Witte, A.E. Weisgerber, Kara Vernor, Anna Vangala Jones, Cathy Ulrich, Joel Streicker, Helen Rye, Arthur Plotnik, Aimee Parkison, Robert Garner McBrearty, Jayne Martin, John Mancini, Craig Loomis, Adam Lock, Sara, Lippmann, Stephanie Hutton, Karen Jones, Eric Bosse, Paul Beckman, Adam Berlin, Craig Fishbane, Jacqueline Doyle, Nikoletta Gjoni, Michael Hammerle, Paul Crenshaw, Joy Allen, Salvatore Difalco, and Dan Crawley.
Interview with Christopher Merkner
Meg Pokrass Interviews Christopher Merkner about his work in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing micro fiction.
Interview with Sherrie Flick
Meg Pokrass talks to Sherrie Flick about her forthcoming work in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018), her forthcoming collection from Autumn House Press, THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS (Autumn House Press, 2018) and her work as Series Editor for BEST SMALL FICTIONS, 2018.
Interview with Robert Scotellaro
Tommy Dean asks author Robert Scotellaro, co-editor (along with James Thomas) of NEW MICRO – EXCEPTIONALLY SHORT FICTION, to talk about the creation of NEW MICRO and to discuss what qualities successful microfiction pieces share.
Interview with Michael Martone
Tommy Dean Interviews Michael Martone on his fiction in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Interview with Tara Laskowski
Tommy Dean interviews Tara Laskowski about her stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018).
Interview with Kathy Fish
Tommy Dean interviews Kathy Fish about her stories in New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018)
Interview with Damian Dressick
Tommy Dean interviews Damian Dressick about his work in the forthcoming in forthcoming Norton Anthology NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Anton Chekhov Prize 2018
Winners, Finalists, and Honourable Mentions Judge Nuala O’Connor’s results for the Anton Chekhov Prize for Very Short Fiction 2018 have come in. The stories were read blind, so it is very exciting to unveil the names of the winners, finalists, and honourable mentions!...
Interview with Grant Faulkner
Tommy Dean Interviews Grant Faulkner about his stories in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018) and about the craft of writing miniature.
Interview with Melissa Fraterrigo
Tommy Dean interviews Melissa Fraterrigo about her writing life and about her micro story, “Mama’s Boy,” forthcoming in NEW MICRO (W.W. Norton & Co., 2018)
Dear Leo # 3
Dylan McKay is Not that Into Me Or using your lit mag crush to be a better writer By Leonora Desar I’m obsessed with a certain magazine. Let’s call him Dylan—after Dylan McKay, the hot surfer boy on 90210. I was obsessed with Dylan. I am obsessed with this...
Interview with James Thomas
Meg Pokrass interviews James Thomas, co-editor of New Micro (W.W. Norton & Co, 2018) about the forthcoming anthology, and about his history with publishing Norton anthologies of very short fiction.