This is a terrific series of mini-interviews on Tommy Dean’s blog. If you haven’t seen it, have a look around. Lots of interesting interviews with great writers. Thanks, Tommy, for having me. Mini-Interview with Kathy Fish
I was gratified to see “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” linked on the Bullets Into Bells website, on their “Read More” page, alongside essays and poetry by Shannon Reed, Tess Taylor, Danez Smith, Nick Flynn, and others. This is an important anthology I think everyone should read now: Bullets into Bells: Poets &
Pretty thrilled to be mentioned in the same sentence as Lydia Davis and Amelia Gray, I’m not gonna lie… “For the 300th issue of Recommended Reading, which happens to fall on Valentine’s Day, we opened submissions to your 300-word stories of love and heartbreak. Every day this week, we’ll publish two of our favorites from
I’m so excited (and a little nervous!) this beautiful morning. Today, my amazing, multi-talented friend, Nancy Stohlman, and I are launching the website for our new adventure: Flash Fiction Retreats. Months of planning and exchanging roughly nine hundred million emails have resulted in our forthcoming writing retreats: Breckenridge, Colorado in August and (drumroll) stunning Costa
Honored that my flash, “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” was featured at Michael Schmeltzer and Meghan McClure’s wonderful new blog, One Great Things. Many thanks. “Fish’s inventive and joyful use of language is on full display from the beginning. (“A group of grandmothers is a tapestry. A group of toddlers, a jubilance.”) Within the smallest flash package
“Stop Dragging: A One-Act Play” I wrote a weirdo one-act play with nine characters and remarkably, Hobart magazine published it. Thanks so much to guest editor Bud Smith. It’s been a slow year for me publishing-wise, but I’m proud of what I did get out there. I’ve received no less than six Pushcart nominations for
(Image by Eva Rinaldi) Dusting off my blog here with some news…My piece, “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild” was recently published at the wonderful Jellyfish Review. I’d been asked to contribute by editor Christopher James to celebrate their 2nd anniversary and had another piece cued up, but then the shooting in Las Vegas
I’m honored to be judging the 2017 Newfound Prose Prize. Please send your beautiful chapbook length fiction or nonfiction work! Esteemed panelists Ashley Hutson, Michele Finn Johnson, and Rowland Saifi will be doing the first round of reading and long list selection. This contest closes March 15th, so you have time to polish your work
I’m very excited to teach “The Heart of Flash: Characters Who Yearn,” an all new weekend flash workshop with Word Tango. Registration is now open and spaces are limited! Go HERE to read some really nice testimonials for my classes and to sign up!
So honored that my story, “A Room With Many Small Beds” from RIFT, and originally published in Threadcount Magazine, was chosen by Stuart Dybek for inclusion in this stellar anthology. Congratulations also to my co-author, Robert Vaughan, whose story, “A Box” (also in RIFT) was also selected. Huge thanks to Tara Masih and her team