Congratulations to Brian Mihok for his win in the Long Shorts category at the Inwood Film Festival for “Three Trees (In Three Parts).” This film trio is based on flash fiction by Amber Sparks, Amy Rossi, and me and all three are awesome. The third piece, “The Cheerleader,”(at 7:18) is based on my story, “I
For those of you who are attending the AWP conference in Portland later this month, I will be reading for Smokelong Quarterly with estimable writers Sherrie Flick, Nancy Au, and Michael Don at Ex Novo Brewing Co. 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28th. Christopher Allen is hosting the event. Here are the details.
Because our January “Writing Wild in Costa Rica” retreat was such a wonderful and inspiring experience, Nancy Stohlman and I are excited to announce that we’re returning in March, 2020! Get more information about “Writing Wild in Costa Rica, 2020” HERE. I hope you can join us! Pura Vida!
Abundant thanks to Angela Williams (who writes under the pseudonym, Susan Carey) for this lovely review on the Writers Abroad site of my Fast Flash Workshop, which she’d just recently participated in. Angela describes it as a “Turbo Boost Writing Course” (I love that!). Here is an excerpt: “Not only did I learn a great
Many thanks to Josh Denslow (author of the soon-to-be-released collection, Not Everyone is Special), for this fun interview at Smokelong Quarterly. Josh asked great questions! Here’s an excerpt: “Let’s shift gears and talk about one of my favorite subjects in writing: Humor. You write some truly powerful stories, but you’re also slyly funny as well.
Huge thanks to Jonathan Cardew for his review of my new collection and to Robert Vaughan and Bending Genres for publishing it. An excerpt: “General Observations: Stories by Kathy Fish contract and expand and then rarely leave you. Fifteen years of writing some of the best flash fiction on this earth. Yes! Yes! Yes! It
My new hybrid work, “See How They Run,” is featured in the debut print issue of Mile High MFA graduate-run journal, Inverted Syntax (@invertedsyntax ). See this interview about the piece and flash fiction in general on their website: Intent Versus Reception: Flash Fiction Master, Kathy Fish On the Hybridity of “See How They Run” I’m proud to
It’s okay. You can take a break. You can lift your eyes from the screen. You can breathe. You are allowed to absorb less information. You are allowed to delay judgment or better, make no judgments at all. It’s okay for awhile to go silent. The universe will manage without your voice. The earth will
Huge thanks to Jude Higgins and team for inviting me to teach, read, and panel at the 3rd annual Flash Fiction Festival at Trinity College in Bristol, England, taking place June 28th-30th. This is a brilliant undertaking by those behind the renowned Bath Flash Fiction Award and includes flash fiction teachers from all over the
Huge thanks to Tyler Barton for his excellent, insightful questions and to Split Lip Magazine (one of my all-time favorites) for running the interview in their new, superb issue! Here is an excerpt: “In 2012, before I knew I wanted to pursue writing seriously, I came across Kathy Fish’s work online and quickly purchased her