All Life in a Moment
Flash prose
4 Mondays 6-8pm (PST)
9/30–10/21
Zoom
Last day to register: 9/25
Flash prose
4 Mondays 6-8pm (PST)
9/30–10/21
Zoom
Last day to register: 9/25
Flash prose
4 Mondays 6-8pm (PST)
9/30–10/21
Zoom
Last day to register: 9/25
Flash fiction, flash nonfiction, flash prose, sudden fiction, microfiction. The definitions vary: “work under 1500 words” or “work under 1000 words,” and sometimes, “work under 500 words.” The good news is these small spaces can be quite dynamic and the creative possibilities within this form are endless.
Journals are looking for flash prose, and, as the pieces are so short, they can fit more in each issue, which ups your chances of publication. In this course we will do exercises which will generate your own flash prose and look at different ways in which various forms of flash prose work. We will workshop through revisions and you should come away with a few solid pieces, and, most important, the tools to keep generating flash prose that resonates.
About the Instructor:
Kate Maruyama writes, teaches, edits, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles.
Her novel Harrowgate was published by 47North and her novella Family Solstice was named Best Fiction Book of 2021 by Rue Morgue Magazine. Her second horror novel The Collective is out now and you can read it as a serial through Writ Large Projects and her non-genre novel Alterations is upcoming from Running Wild Press.
Her novella Halloween Beyond: A Gentleman's Suit (Crystal Lake Publishing) and her duo of novellas, Bleak Houses (Raw Dog Screaming Press) are available now.
Her short work appears in Asimov's, Entropy, Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Duende, The Coachella Review, and The Magnolia Review among others and was awarded the Uncharted Magazine Short Story Prize. It has also appeared in numerous anthologies including December Tales, Gathering: A Women Who Submit Anthology, Halloween Carnival Three, and Winter Horror Days. She has been twice nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and once for The Best of the Web. You can read short work on the Writings page.
She is a member of the SFWA and the HWA where she serves on the Diverse Works Inclusion Committee, where she helps edit The Seers' Table. She has served as a juror for the Bram Stoker Awards and twice for the Shirley Jackson Awards. She has served on the working board of Women Who Submit and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Shirley Jackson Awards.