2011 is easy to say good-bye to. Going into 12 doing research and lots of resolutions.
I thought social media might have killed off short short stories or is it flash fiction, but today when I read Facebook Auteur by Scott Bradfield in the New York Times Book Review I felt better. Bradfield talks about Lou Beach's book of short stories "420 Characters". Facebook's status update limit is 420 characters. Beach writes his stories in 420 characters, open, middle, ending. I am cheering with Bradfield that the short story is just a tough little rascal, who battles and claws through these harsh media toxic climates to stay very much alive.
I remembered the 6 word story that has been around a long time. Was it the Hemingway 6 word story? "Baby shoes, For Sale, Never Used."
