In This Issue: Jake FreivaldA New YearWe seem to like starting new things with Bruce Holland Rogers. He’s creating a new column called Technically Speaking, which will focus on techniques that can be applied to any length of story. For readers, this month we have three excellent new stories — one science fiction, one literary, and one mainstream — and one Christmas Classic Flash. See you mid-January! Read more: HTML Technically Speaking #1: Bruce Holland RogersThe King Is Dead...Over two years have gone by since Bruce started writing his Short-Short Sighted column. Although he’ll continue to talk about short-short stories, he’s going to branch out into writing techniques that are more broadly applicable. This is his inaugural column for Technically Speaking. Read more: HTML Flash 12/2010, #1: Ellise HeiskellRound TripFlash 12/2010, #2: Michael PlemmonsIsabelA girl comes out from the house. She stares in the dark. “Mom wants you back inside,” she says. “Now.” “No, baby, not yet. Come sit with me.” Clara makes room for her on the swing. The girl stares. “Just one minute, Izzy. I promise.” Read more: HTML Classic Flash #45: AnonymousThe First Puritan Christmas TreeMrs. Olcott called her boys, and bade them go to the pine woods and get the finest, handsomest young hemlock tree that they could find. “Get one that is straight and tall, with well-boughed branches on it... Read more: HTML Flash 12/2010, #3: Gary CubaFiring SquadI knew the stark terror he must have felt a few days ago when the enemy tanks rolled over the ridge in front of us. It wasn’t a mystery to anyone; we’d all been there before. Were there again at that moment, in fact. Read more: HTML |