This story won First Place in the 2003 Green River Writers Green River Lean contest for flash fiction A Journey of a Thousand Miles by Marian Allen “Turn back the clock, Evan. Can’t you turn back the clock?” If absolute power corrupts, and time heals…

In my bio, I always mention that I’ve had a story published on the label of coffee cans. There was once a company called Story House Coffee that sold coffee over the web. They bought short stories, poetry and essays and printed them on their…

First Method Write a novel. Locate the most important scene. Locate the most important moment of the scene. Delete everything else. Second Method Just write that most important moment. I recommend the second method, and I say this as someone who has written a truckload…