January's line-up includes three stories:

* Mike Resnick's "The Fallen Angel"
* Stefanie Freele's "The Flood of '09"
* Robin Gillespie's "As Their Eyes Touched God"
* A Classic Flash by Anton Chekhov, "An Enigmatic Nature"

Mike's piece is a reprint, but (a) it's an out-of-print almost-20-year-old story, (b) it's a really good story, and (c) Mike is the winningest SF author ever, so I'll break my usual "no reprints" rule for this one. Interestingly, this isn't a science fiction story.

Stefanie's story falls exactly one year after her first story with us, "James Brown is Alive and Doing Laundry in South Lake Tahoe". We nominated that one for a Pushcart Prize.

Robin's bio refers to graphic novel work, but not short story publications, so this might just be her first one. When she emails me her bio, I'll know more. :)

Bruce Holland Rogers will be with us as well, of course -- even though he's traveling to Egypt. Of course we wish him safe travels.

Happy New Year!

This is cross-posted from News and Headlines, since it's both news (which goes on News and Headlines) and site-specific (which goes here).

Congratulations to Bruce Holland Rogers for winning the First Annual Micro Award with his story, "Reconstruction Work"!

We published this story in our very first issue, barely making the Micro Award deadline. It has also been noted on cnn.com -- which is, I think, only the second reference to Bruce on CNN (the other being a book review).

Robert Laughlin is the brainpower and administrator behind the Micro Awards. George Keithley and Clark Brown were judges for the first award; the second award will be judged by Stefanie Freele, Benjamin J. Biesek, and Len Fulton. (Remember Stefanie? She wrote the (now Pushcart-nominated) "James Brown is Alive and Doing Laundry in South Lake Tahoe" in our January issue -- the month after Bruce published his award-winning story.)

Congratulations to Bruce, and many thanks to Robert Laughlin and the rest of the Micro Award judges!

It's their "z", not mine. :) At any rate, they have some nice things to say about Dani Girl.

"Ray the Vampire" by Mercedes M. Yardley will go live on Halloween. It's fun, and if you want to see what it's about (and get a look at a really cool text technology), check out this Wordle I made with its text.

Happy Halloween!

While searching for some local writing gigs on Craigslist, I came across this interesting listing. A Chicago-based production company is seeking Flash Fiction stories for a film adaptation. It's not a paying gig from what the listing says, but you'd receive sole story credit and a copy of the film if your work is selected. I personally would *love* to see one of Flash Fiction Online's finest turned into a film. So who is going to submit?

Starting in September (our next issue), we'll be shifting our publication schedule to the first Tuesday of the month. Thus, our next issue will launch on 9/2.

We have three great new stories ("Beyond The Pale" takes us to a bar and a question; "Just One Thing" is an insight into a Mexican family and inquisitive minds; "The Trick" is about a boy who... Well, you'll see) and a Classic Flash from Edgar Allan Poe. We hope you'll join us.

I particularly liked this blog post about Elizabeth Creith's "Stone the Crows". It's not earth-shattering, but it's real.