So, today’s the day that my story is posted on the Mormon
Lit Blitz. You can read the story here, and if you would like to participate in
a discussion about it, go here. While the contest is obviously Mormon, I think many
of the pieces (including mine) speak to an audience beyond Mormons (although some do not
translate out very well). So if you like flash fiction, you might give these a
try anyway.
I’ve loved reading the pieces this year. As always, not
every story speaks to me, but so many of them do that it’s always worth reading
and thinking. Plus, they’re really short, so what have you got to lose?
Voting will take place next week, June 12–14, and if you’re
so inclined, it would be lovely of you to go read and vote. I don’t even care
(mostly) if you don’t vote for me, just as long as you vote for what you loved
the most.
In case you’re wondering, my
favorites were (in chronological order):
“Celestial Accounting” by Katherine
Cowley. I just loved this idea so much. Important truth contained in a funny
story.
“Sonata in Three Movements” by
Jeanine Bee. Beautiful imagery, sweet and musical. Intergenerational too, like
mine.
“There Wrestled a Man in Parowan”
by Wm Morris. Ha! A funny piece that made me smile.
“Daughters of Ishmael” by Annaliese
Lemmon. This one definitely doesn’t translate out of Mormondom at all, but I
loved imagining these sisters and their family ties.
(Of course) “Forty Years” by me. It’s only
very vaguely, very semi-semi-autobiographical, in case you were wondering.
(Especially since, you know, I’m only thirty-six and don’t have any grown children.)
What were your favorites? (Better
yet, don’t answer me here, but go and discuss them on the blog posts about
them. You can get there through the second link above. Writers love to hear that something they wrote made you think or that you
connected with it in some way.)
