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New Flash Fiction at Microfiction Monday and Five on the Fifth

6/5/2017

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Anyone who has read my blog knows how much I love flash fiction.  I actually just wrote a blog post about the subject for an international writer's collective where I am a member, called Reader's Abode.  My blog is about ten of my favorite free flash fiction magazines (actually eleven, because I cheated and snuck an extra one in).  They are all amazing magazines, and I definitely recommend them.

I'm also lucky enough to have my own flash fiction published once in a while.  Today, two of my short shorts were published, and both are free to read online.

The first is a drabble (a story of 100 words) called "Reciprocal," published in Microfiction Monday Magazine.  It's a story that I wanted to tell, but it was hard to write, considering the subject matter.

The next one is slightly longer, nearly the flash fiction limit of 1,000 words.  Called "The Separation," it was published in Five on the Fifth today.  It was also an emotionally tough story to write, but in a different way than "Reciprocal."

Both of these stories are ones that I thought should be told and have resonance to me, as a person and as a writer.  I hope you enjoy reading them.
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Christy Leskovar link
6/6/2017 04:11:47 pm

You are a very good writer, Alison. I want to know more about Caroline and Michael.

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Alison McBain link
6/7/2017 06:30:20 am

Thanks so much, Christy!

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    I am a freelance writer and poet with nearly a hundred short pieces published in magazines and anthologies. When not writing, I'm the Book Reviews Editor for the magazine Bewildering Stories. If the Walking Dead isn't on, I draw pictures and do origami meditation in Connecticut, where I live with my family. If the Walking Dead is on... shhhh! The Walking Dead is on! For more info, please check out my "About Me" page.

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