Story Club — Flash Fiction

Flash fiction literally feels like lightning to me when I read it. Action is high, one main point is made, and there is often a punchy twist or conclusion. So I thought it would be fun to hold a Story Club on it … with the challenge of writing short, short, short stories 50 words long.

It was amazing what stories came out of the exercise. In Doggie Life we experienced a very happy dog and loving relationship. The Cow Escape was a madcap adventure ending in the lesson that we are grateful for what we have when we think it has been lost. The Zoo conveyed a symphony of sound, and Lightning crackled and flashed. I also loved the beautiful messages in The Small, Wise Pigeon (which focused on a kind man feeding birds within a big city), and Misunderstood, told from the perspective of … well, I don’t want to give it away — read this sharky flash fiction story here!

The group all shared such wonderful stories. A poem was also written about the Sea, which absolutely evoked its beauty. Something I love about trying different exercises and writing genres is, we can find out what is most natural to us.

Thanks to the group for being up to the fifty-word story challenge! If anyone has a fifty-word story to share, leave it in a comment, I would love to read it.