Category: Flash Fiction

  • JUDGING ALLINGHAM FLASH

    A little reminder that I am judging the Allingham Flash Comp this year, and winners will be published in a special issue of the e-journal I edit, Splonk. See their Press Release below. 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition Entries in the 2024 Allingham Flash Fiction Competition will be judged by Nuala O’Connor, acclaimed author of…

  • FLASH PANEL IN NZ VIDEO

    You can now watch the Truth and Lies in Short Forms panel for National Flash Fiction Day New Zealand. Go here.

  • Flash – Fictive Dream

    I have a new flash at Fictive Dream today. TW for pregnancy loss. Read it here.

  • Birdie – Irish Times Review

    I’m very pleased with this review of my historical flash fiction chapbook, Birdie, in today’s Irish Times. Thanks to Ruth McKee. BirdieBy Nuala O’ConnorArlen House, €10.00 Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 06:00 As you would expect from O’Connor, this collection of flash fiction is a menagerie of exquisite language. The stories transport us to moments in…

  • *BIRDIE* READING

    I recorded myself reading the title story from my flash chapbook *birdie*. You can listen/watch on YouTube here.

  • BIRDIE – where to buy

    I was awarded a COVID-19 Crisis Response Award for Literature, from the Arts Council of Ireland, to write and compile birdie, a collection of 16 historical and out-of-time flash and micro fictions. You can buy a digital copy of birdie here at Draft2Digital or a kindle edition here. It costs €5.99 / US$5.99 / £4.99.…

  • New flash at Cease, Cows

    I have a new flash fiction, ‘Blue’, at Cease, Cows magazine today. You can read it here.

  • WIGLEAF TOP 50, 2020

    I’m delighted that my micro ‘RedDog’ has made the annual Wigleaf Top 50 – a selection of the net’s top flash fiction for the year. A nice little surprise! ‘RedDog’ was first published by Necessary Fiction here. Big thanks to the team at Wigleaf and to Necessary Fiction too.