"The Final Colour" is sci-fi flash fiction. I'm delighted that it has been accepted by Freeze Frame Fiction to appear in their vol iii issue, which will be online Jan 1st, and in ebook Apr 1st.
This means a lot to me. I've been writing on and off for many years, but never had the confidence to send anything out. In March 2014 I started to submit short stories to various publications. Six months down the line, after a lot of the (to be expected) rejection letters, I have my first acceptance.
FFF is a great magazine that I've been following and enjoying since it started. I'm sure a lot of readers are like me, and not affiliated to one genre or another. The stories in FFF could be about anything, set anywhere: the present day, a magic-enhanced past, a technological future. In a thousand words or fewer, the stories have to establish their world and take you on a journey. Even though I write flash fiction, I still have that sense of incredulity: how can the writer do so much with so few words? The cool thing about flash is that you find out, and you find out quickly! And then there's another one to read, which will likely be totally different . . .
I'll link to the story when it goes live. Thanks to Dino and the readers at FFF for *sniff* believing in me *sobs* (is led offstage howling, trips on own dress, etc).
This means a lot to me. I've been writing on and off for many years, but never had the confidence to send anything out. In March 2014 I started to submit short stories to various publications. Six months down the line, after a lot of the (to be expected) rejection letters, I have my first acceptance.
FFF is a great magazine that I've been following and enjoying since it started. I'm sure a lot of readers are like me, and not affiliated to one genre or another. The stories in FFF could be about anything, set anywhere: the present day, a magic-enhanced past, a technological future. In a thousand words or fewer, the stories have to establish their world and take you on a journey. Even though I write flash fiction, I still have that sense of incredulity: how can the writer do so much with so few words? The cool thing about flash is that you find out, and you find out quickly! And then there's another one to read, which will likely be totally different . . .
I'll link to the story when it goes live. Thanks to Dino and the readers at FFF for *sniff* believing in me *sobs* (is led offstage howling, trips on own dress, etc).