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In a Flash: An Exploration of Flash Fiction for Curious Readers and Working Writers with Patrick Michael Finn

Date(s): Monday, September 10, 2018, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Location:
Piper Writers House, 450 E Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281 (view map)
Type(s):
Generative Workshop, Lecture
Genre and Form(s): Fiction, Flash, Short Stories

Cost: 
$99 Regular, $90 ASU, $75 Student

About the Class

Micro fiction. Flash fiction. Sudden fiction. The short-short story. While the form has many different names, styles and approaches, what unifies them all is a dedication to saying something meaningful in a compact space. This course will explore many examples of short-short fiction in an effort to refine our own ability to see how small space is maximized for big expressive results.

Meet Your Instructor

Patrick Michael Finn is the author of the short story collection From the Darkness Right Under Our Feet and the novella A Martyr for Suzy Kosasovich, which was recently translated and published in France by Les Arenes as Ceci Est Mon Coprs (This is My Body).