Sustaining Urgency in Tight Spaces: Flash Fiction Foundations Part Two

Nancy Stohlman

In this second installment of a three-part flash fiction series, Nancy Stohlman breaks down how to sustain urgency in very short fiction. Plus, Stohlman debunks a couple flash fiction fallacies, discusses how flash fiction asks for a more active and engaged reader, and more.

About the Instructor:

Nancy Stohlman is an award-winning author of six books including After the Rapture (2023), Madam Velvet’s Cabaret of Oddities (2018), The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories (2014), The Monster Opera (2013), Searching for Suzi: a flash novel (2009), and Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction (2020). Her work has been honored in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, The Foreword Indies, TheInternational Book Awards, Reader Views Book Awards and theColorado Book Awards, and her stories have been anthologized widely, appearing in the Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction and The Best Small Fictions, as well as adapted for both stage and screen. She teaches sold out workshops and retreats around the world.