Never give up

Want to write good fiction or even poetry? Different and innovative would be a good start. Why write something that has already been written? I can’t imagine my life without waiting for a reply from a publisher. Got a rejection signed by Bonaparte (I kid you not). Napoleon® rejected BudMan®. If you write, you are…

I read a lot of flash fiction for 5 reasons: 1. I started as a publisher a long time ago 2. I started as a reader even before that 3. I started as a writer before I could read 4. I love reading it 5. I want everyone to love it

I prefer observations over political discussions. The former are spontaneously honest but the latter are labored and fruitless.

The Vestal Review Press is pleased to present the newly expanded edition of    Condensed to Flash: World Classics An anthology for people who love concise writing that is intense, entertaining and educational. This anthology features variations on themes of world classics, condensed to 500 words or fewer. ​  We have a retelling of The Ramayana, The Letters of…

Deadly diseases for a writer: Logizomechanophobia– Fear of computers. Logophobia– Fear of words. Atelophobia- Fear of imperfection.

The evening of January 21, 1924, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, Chairman of the Council of People’s Commissars, was busy dying. He kept sinking into the bog of unconsciousness, filling up his mouth and nose with corrosive muck the color of the Soviet flag. Eventually, he would resurface, but each time he remained under longer and longer, and each time…