So long, and thanks for all the flash
All good things come to an end and, although it’s been a great six and half years, it’s time to bring the curtain down on Ellipsis. I’ve been thinking about…
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Getting by in Tligolian by Roppotucha Greenberg
The City-State of Tligol is ruled by dictators, holds monthly public executions and is haunted by a benign, fishing, giant, but by and large the inhabitants are content, and the…
Shattered by Stephanie Carty
A sleep researcher’s life unravels as she attempts to uncover a mystery, in this debut thriller from Stephanie Carty. Christie works at London’s Somni Company to help others with sleep…
Flash fiction and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence has come a long way in recent years, and one area where it has made significant progress is in the realm of creative writing. AI writing systems, AI…
This bird has flown
When I set up Ellipsis over five years ago, it started life on Twitter. It was my go-to place to publish content and socialise digitally. Since then I’ve made thousands…
The Art of Escapology by Nicola Ashbrook
All of the characters in ‘The Art of Escapology’ are escaping, being escaped from or helping others to escape. Some have a physical need to escape – from abuse, imprisonment,…
Positive and Negative by Nick Black
‘Positive and Negative’ collects the best of Nick Black’s flash fiction, as seen in lit mags including Ellipsis Zine, Spelk, Splonk, Okay Donkey, Lost Balloon and Jellyfish Review. The book is a…
The Peculiarities of Yearning by Stephanie Carty
The Peculiarities of Yearning is a collection of flash fiction and short stories that uses strange scenarios to explore how human longings are repressed and revealed. This collection includes stories…
The Stairs Are a Snowcapped Mountain by Judy Darley
Some homeschool days, the lounge is a sea, stairs a snowcapped mountain, bathroom a jungle, Mum and Dad’s bedroom a sun-seared dessert… The stories in The Stairs Are a Snowcapped Mountain speak…
Finding the ‘Spark’ in Flash Fiction by Writer’s HQ
So you want to write a piece of flash fiction. But how do you start? Where do story ideas even come from? And how do you develop them once you’ve…
Writing Micro Fiction by Laura Besley
Opinions differ on how long micro fiction is – some say 300 words, others say fewer – but for the sake of this article I’m going to cap the maximum…
Thank you for your submission
A couple of years ago, I published a thread about rejections on Twitter. I thought it would be useful to dust this thread off, expand it, and publish it here…