Palo Alto, CA based writer Kevin Sharp has a short story in
the 2018 anthology Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story, published by
Outpost 19. 100 Word Story is a flash fiction website founded in 2011 by Grant
Faulkner, Beret Olsen, and Lynn Mundell. Sportin’ Jack, Paul Strohm’s book of
100 word stories, was an initial inspiration for the group (the 100 word form
is also called a “drabble”). The site often posts photo prompts and asks
contributors to submit an exactly 100 word story tied to it. Other pieces are
submitted to the site without prompts, but still must be the prescribed length. The new
anthology contains stories chosen from the site’s history. 100 Word Story’s
selections have been chosen for Wigleaf’s “best of” short stories award, and
for the annual Best Small Fictions series. Amber Sparks, Hilary Leichter, and
Michael Martone provide blurbs for Nothing Short Of…
Outpost 19, based in San Francisco, also publishes such
fiction and non-fiction titles as This Is: Essays on Jazz by Aaron Gilbreath,
Following Disasters by Nancy McCabe, and Understudies by Ravi Mangla. Joe
Roemer is publisher and senior editor for the label.
Kevin Sharp’s story “In Blackest Night,” about a young
couple spending the night in a comic book store, was originally published on
100 Word Story in 2014.
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