Hello!

I'm excited to share I have a new story out called "Get Your Fix" in 100-Foot Crow. This story's an ode to service workers and the million small, daily interactions that impact us in unseen ways. You can read it for free on the 100-Foot Crow website. I love 100-Foot Crow because all they publish are speculative fiction drabbles. In other words, they publish science fiction and fantasy stories that are exactly 100 words - no more, no less.

One of the reasons I love reading and writing microfiction like drabbles is because I can always make time for them no matter how busy I am. These short pieces come with their own set of challenges, too, like: how can you tell a complete story with so few words? How can you use the reader's assumptions to fill in what's left unsaid and fill out a very short story? How do you land a satisfying ending that doesn't feel like a cheap twist, when you have so little time to build up to it?

If you're interested in the craft of drabbles and very short fiction, I recommend perusing the 100-Foot Crow blog and joining the subset of the #WritingCommunity on Bluesky that regularly writes microfiction. My favorite resource is the hashtag #vss365, which stands for "very short story, 365 days a year" and provides a daily microfiction prompt. If you try it out, please tag my Bluesky account so I can enjoy reading your work, too!

Thanks for reading!

Nicole

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