It’s National Flash Fiction Day and Jawbreakers, the official collection, is available now. It includes commissioned pieces from well-known writers including Ali Smith, Ian Rankin, Tania Hershman, David Gaffney and Vanessa Gebbie, as well as a little story by yours truly.
The anthology is edited by NFFD Director Calum Kerr and Bristol Prize 2010 winner Valerie O’Riordan.
Jawbreakers can be purchased directly from the National Flash Fiction website or in ebook format from Amazon. The ebook is free to download on May 16th as part of the celebrations along with a whole host of Flash Fiction related ebooks.
The full running order looks like this:
Ali Smith Jen Campbell Dan Powell Vanessa Gebbie Laura Wilkinson David Gaffney Brindley Hallam Dennis Rupan Malakin Tania Hershman Nathan Good Rin Simpson Sarah Hilary Sara Crowley Jenn Ashworth Bob Jacobs Ian Rankin Benjamin Judge Mark Sheerin Nigel McLoughlin |
Natalie Bowers Alex Thornber Valerie O’Riordan Carrie Etter L.A. Craig Calum Kerr Kylie Grant Sal Page Jonathan Pinnock Susan F. Giles Martha Williams Sarah-Clare Conlon Eli Goldstone David R. Morgan Alison Wells SJI Holliday Nicholas Murray Eunice Yeates Nick Garrard |
Jay Barnett Kirsty Logan Kevlin Henney David Gilbert Simon Thirsk Sue Walker-Stokes Erinna Mettler Emma J.Lannie Jessica Patient Brian George Trevor Byrne Sally Zigmond Angela Readman Dan Carpenter Clare O’Brien Alun Williams Jenny Adamthwaite Tim Stevenson Jason Bagshaw |
To celebrate National Flash Fiction Day and the publication of Jawbreakers, you can read editor Valerie O’Riordan’s Life in Short Fiction by checking out the featured post below.