Flashes on the Meridian: Dazzled by Flash Fiction

"Flashes on the Meridian: Dazzled by Flash Fiction" is an essay that explains and lauds the affordances offered by the software program Flash for creating narratives and poetry. As the author states: "Lately there are brilliant flashes of fiction almost everywhere you look. You see them in print journals, magazines, anthologies, collections. You will also find dazzling examples of flash fiction on the Internet, in all its many forms, guises, and under all its many names. Is flash fiction something new? Or is this art form presently enjoying yet another period of popularity? I would answer that it is something old, something new, and even something borrowed too. It is a wedding of sorts--a wedding of styles, traditions, and genres."