By Michael H. Brownstein
Below are four examples of micro flash fiction. Very limited word counts. Simple rules: some have to be ten words or less while others—per guidelines—give you more leeway: up to fifty words.
The Philosophy of What
Why is why, Sarah asked, when where is who?
Bars
His cage, rusted orange, colored his skin, tattooed his mind.
Racism
Then they applied another two coats of fire.
Fetishes
In the swamp, the alligator fell in love with the young maiden and she in turn fell for him. Oh, how proud she was of her alligator skin boots and he, how proud was he of her feet.
| Copyright © 2023 by Michael H. Brownstein Michael H. Brownstein’s volumes of poetry, A Slipknot Into Somewhere Else and How Do We Create Love?, were published by Cholla Needles Press in 2018 & 2019, respectively. |
Hemmingway called this one:
ReplyDeleteBaby shoes, for sale, never worn.
the shortest and saddest novel he ever wrote.
He may have been the inventor of flash fiction.