Kathy Fish is a flash fiction author and teacher, with work published in Ploughshares, Copper Nickel, Washington Square Review, Waxwing Magazine, Electric Literature, Guernica, Smokelong Quarterly, F(r)riction and many more.

She runs The Art of Flash Fiction Substack and is running a Flash Fiction Extravaganza from March 1st to 22nd, 2026 for paid subscribers. This isn't a sponsored show, I just love flash fiction and am having a blast there.

We talk about how she starts writing a short-short story, how she came to teaching, how deadlines help, and the differences between vignettes and prose poems.

Go to https://artofflashfiction.substack.com to see Kathy's work and join in on the flash fiction fun!

Thank you!

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I have an article called "The Big Lessons I Learned from Writing Short Stories" up at RemoteWritingJobs.org and an interview with Penguin Random House publicist Abigail Monti at MossHeartBooks.com and austinRwilson.substack.com.

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Links to all my work can be found here: https://linktr.ee/austinRwilson

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Thank you so much!

042: Kathy Fish - Flash fiction author, teacher; Ploughshares, Smokelong Quarterly & more!