FLASH FICTION FORUM

Authors & Works:

1. Eileen Vorbach Collins, Excerpt from “My Life as a Jewish Imposter” from the collection Love in the Archives forthcoming in fall, 2023 by Apprentice House Press. 
2. Susan Rogers, “By the Fire of Gracie” People’s choice winner at Writers in Paradise conference.
3. Robert Dzik, “The Cigarette Ballet” People’s choice winner at Writers in Paradise conference.
4. Niles Reddick, “Torpor” published in The South Shore Review in Nova Scotia as part of National Flash Fiction Day and long listed in Los Angeles’ Five South fiction contest.
5. Elizabeth Bobst, “Maisie’s Mom” People’s choice winner at Writers in Paradise conference.
6. Jan Steckel, “Coon Cat Tuesday” published in The New Verse News, May 27, 2022.
7. Sherre Vernon, “Stray”.
8. Tania Martin, “Behind the Wheel.”
9. Ilze Duarte, “Silver-Haired Dancers,” published by Flash Flood for National Flash Fiction Day, 2022.
10. J.M Curét, “Sunday.”
11. Hugh Behm-Steinberg, “Customer Service” published in The Pinch Journal, 2023.

  

Featuring:

Eileen Vorbach Collins, Susan Rogers, Robert Dzik, Niles Reddick, Elizabeth Bobst, Kirby Wright, Jan Steckel, Sherre Vernon, Tania Martin, Ilze Duarte, J.M. Curét, & Hugh Behm-Steinberg. 

Join us at Works/SJ Gallery, 38 South 2nd Street, San José or live on Zoom – get your Eventbrite ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/flash-fiction-forum-march-2023-tickets-565958857177

Author & Works:

1. Colleen Shoshana McKee, “German Pancakes”
2. Chip Cassin, “About Chuck”
3. Mj Pramik, “Ghost Story”
4. Lita Kurth, “A Hell of a Deal”
5. Julia Helprin-Jackson, “Que Tienes Sex Appeal!”
6. Kim Amundsen, “The Grim Reaper”
7. Ellie Anderson, “Colemen’s Cleopatra,” published in Caesura, 2022
8. Larry Hollist, “Lost in the Wrapping Paper”
9. Robin Ruiz, “Ghosted at the Coffee Shop”
10. Gibson Davis, reading Paul Marshal’s, “If You Have To Ask Why”

January 11th, 2023

Picking the winner of Allison’s novel

Join us on November 4th at Works/SJ as part of First Friday’s Art Walk in downtown San José. The new gallery space is located at 38 South Second Street. We’ll have some readings from our beautiful new Anthology, substance’s to graze on, and various goings on. The readings will likely start around 7pm. More details to come. Be present! Come support your writer’s community!

Our October 19th’s FFF was held in Works/SJ’s brand new space on Second Street, downtown San José. We had a fun hybrid experience with some readers up at the podium and some on Zoom, projected up on the wall. We had a great Zoom audience, but we’re so happy we can give our Zoom readers real applause from the folks in the gallery; there’s nothing like the sound of laughter and clapping hands. As always, thanks to Joe Miller and Works/SJ for supporting our series.

AUTHORS & WORKS:

1. Paul Juhasz, “Row”
2. Douglas Trevor, excerpt from”The Detroit Frankfurt School Discussion Group.” published in Ploughshares Solo vol. 4
3. Niles Reddick, “”Who’s Going to Pray for Me Now?” published in Anti-Heroin Chic and again in Yellow Mama
4. Priscilla Thomas, “Red,” published in the Interstellar Lit Review
5. Keiran Brandabur Langer, “Black Iced Tea”
6. Tania Martin, “Bus Ballads”
7. Karen Allen, “Dog Heaven”
8. Hugh Behm-Steinberg, “Jesus’ Socks”
9. Nancy Devine, “Life Passages”
10. Rob Davidson, “Still Life with Zombies”
11. Leah Mueller, “Tempting Fate”
12. Aline Soules, “Shock”

Here’s a link to Keiko’s book, Your Writing Matters: 34 Quick Essays to Get Unstuck and Stay Inspired https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/45312/Your-Writing-Matters-34-Quick-Essays-to-Get-Unstuck-and-Stay-Inspired

Authors & Works:

Jan Steckel, “Winter Clinic”

Erik Peters, “Crow in the Heat” erikpeters.ca

L.D. Nguyen, “At the White Death’s Party”

Katie-Rose Goto-Svic, “Gentle Abbatoir”

Allison Landa, excerpt from Bearded Lady published 2022 allisonlanda.com

Shirley Chan, “Cabbage,” excerpt form her memoir in progress

Jeanette Calhoun Wish, “Testimony from the Defense Committee for Wicked Stepmothers,” http://jeanettacalhounmish.com/

Christine Monihan, “Across the Street”

Lita Kurth, “Grand Opening of the Daiso Clinic”

Miriam Sagan, “Why I am Not a Monk,” published in her collection Stash (cyber wit India, 2022) http://miriamswell.wordpress.com

Katherine Gathright, “Lizard Bride,” read by Sarah Hinkle

Thanks to all who helped make our May 11th reading series such a stellar event. Our hybrid Zoom/Gallery platform is proving to be a winner and a Covid-19 silver lining. It’s so great that our Zoom readers can hear an audience applause their work, and so fun for folks in the gallery to see readers projected up on the wall from all over the greater Bay Area, other States, and sometimes other countries. It truly is remarkable, and we have to thank Joe Miller of Works/SJ for providing this technology.

Authors & Works:

• Ann Harleman, “Report From the Midlife Dating Wars”  www.annharleman.com
• Aline Soules, “The Axe”  https://alinesoules.com
• MJ Pramik, “The Lost Purse”
• Cyn Nooney, “It’s Your Move”
• Keiran Langer, “Blue Butterfly”
• Jacqueline Doyle, “Blue Butterfly” www.jacquelinedoyle.com
• Diane Ichikawa, “The Weight of Bronze”
• J. Gibson Davis, “A Pen”
• Tania Martin, “Jawbreaker”
• Lisa Rosenberg, “Confessional Poet” published in The Satirst https://www.thesatirist.com/satires/confessional-poet.html
• Niles Reddick, “The Air That I Breathe” published in Snow Leopard and later by Bridge Publishing (UK) http://nilesreddick.com/

Submissions are open for our August 10th reading series

1    Cindy Benson, “Straw Buddha”  

2.    Hugh Behm-Steinberg, “Solve for X”

3.    Lita Kurth, “The Memoir Writers” 

4.    Marco Etheridge, “Heart’s Double Labyrinth” 

5.    Kirby Wright, “More Salsa” 

6.    Melissa Flores Anderson, “Cherry Cheri” 

Intermission

7.    Mercilee Jenkins, “Parent Conference”

8.    Tom Herndon, “Derick 1” 

9.    Paul Luikart, “Rocket” 

10.   Marissa Jules, “Birthday 2.0” 

11. Peter van der Linden, “One of the Elder Gods”

Check out our pics to see what our hybrid platform looks like in house.

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Filoli Gardens invited us up for the day to view the estate and then write some flash to read for their “Stories in Bloom” series. Our venue – the ballroom! We had great time and our readers were fabulous.

Feburary 13th , 2022

Authors & Works:

• Nancy Devine, “Fantasyland”
• Marilyn Horn Fahey, “A Stunning Arrangement”
• Karen Allen, “Gordchen”
• L.D. Nguyễn, “Magnolia, Everblooming”
• Tania Martin, “Wisteria”
• Carol Park, “Running Through Filoli”
• Tarn M. Wilson, “The Year I Camped in a Mansion”
• Keiko O’Leary, “Through the Missing Brick”
• Lita Kurth, “Camellias Without Compassion”
• Eva Smith Glynn, “Friendship”
• Maria Judnick Timmons, “A Door of My Own”

Authors and Works:

1. Jim Daniels, “Teta Draga’s Memorial”
2. Jacqueline Hampton, “Exeter,” published in Visitant, December 19th, 2019
3. Jill McCabe Johnson, “Last Anniversary” https://jillmccabejohnson.com/index.html
4. Christine Kalife, “Tell Me, Was it Love?”
5. Jessica Barksdale, “Ready for Digging”
6. Gail Folkins, “Bluebonnets”
7. Susannah Carlson, “If I Keep My Head Up, Looking East,” published in Persian Springs, 2003
8. Tania Martin, “Go Dawg, Go”
9. Gary Singh, “Abandoholic” 

Hope you caught our fun January 12th Reading Series. Our planned hybrid Zoom/Gallery show was foiled by a rise in Covid cases, but we had a fantastic turnout for our Zoom event. We loved having first time flashers: Jim Daniels, Jacqueline Hampton, Jill McCabe Johnson, and Gail Folkins in the line-up and welcoming back fabulous flashers: Christine Kalife, Jessica Barksdale, Susannah Carlson and Gary Singh. We had some great post show discussions with those who hung out on Zoom after the readings. Thanks to Joe Miller and everyone for making it a special night!