I was so happy to see my flash, “One Purple Finch,” reprinted on the Smokelong Quarterly blog this morning. Coming as it did from a sweet and gentle space in my heart, this tiny flash is one of my own personal favorites. Tara Laskowski and Art Taylor asked to use the piece as a reading
I’m so honored that my piece, “Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild,” published by the wonderful Jellyfish Review, was chosen by Aimee Bender for Best Small Fictions 2018 (Braddock Avenue Books). Also thrilled that my story, “The Once Mighty Fergusons,” published by New World Writing, made the finalist list. Here is the complete list:
I’m very honored to have been chosen as a finalist in fiction for Sundress Publication’s Best of the Net 2017 for my fractured story, “Terminals,” in Lost Balloon Magazine. Thank you to editor Chelsea Voulgares, who nominated the story and to the readers at Sundress Publications. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners!
No AWP for me this year. Next week I travel to this beautiful place where I’ve been invited to run a workshop for a group of talented women writers. I’m so excited. And I’ve packed my umbrella and rain boots. I think it’s going to be a great week!
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