10 Flash Quartely

About:

10Flash publishes genre flash fiction stories — fantasy, horror, science fiction, suspense or slipstream — between 800 and 1,000 words.  I may fudge on the bottom number, from time to time, but the top limit is firm.
Each quarterly issue will feature ten stories, all written around a common prompt. These prompts are not intended to be restrictive, but rather to provide a thread to pull the issue together. However, the prompt is important. Its minimalization (or absence) suggests to me that an author has sent me a trunk story with the prompt stuck on.

Website:

http://10flash.wordpress.com

Review:

Before mercenary and egotistical magazines could put a kibosh on prompts for writers while only focusing on stories that bestow streams of money, this nifty magazine have been unstinting all along to have a Renaissance.

There is hardly any online literary magazines which give prompts for the writers to muse on, except for writing groups perhaps. 10 Flash is the exact antithesis of this. 10 Flash do not want to accept any stories that do not have the theme of their prompts, which means if 10 Flash gives this prompt Santa Claus Ain’t Coming to Town, you should only write pertaining to this. There must be no extraneous information, however, 10 Flash mentions that you are free to conceive anything about the prompt and welcomes new interpretations. ''I want to experience frisson.  I’m looking for stories that have been crafted with care and an eye for detail, that offer characters and a plot free of cliché and that proceed to a conclusion that is both emotionally and intellectually satisfying. Most of all, I am looking for stories that are fun to read.''

You are whining over this cumbersome task and suppressing your anger? Don't be lachrymose. 10 Flash pays you $20 within six weeks of publication. You will get to see a bulging envelop in your postbox, a largesse for your efforts. As I mentioned, any online literary magazines which pays for their contributors will build rapport and credence.

Garnering 55,706 hits to date, as stated under Blog Stats, 10 Flash has indeed done some consummate publicity to attract writers. Other than having a quasi-potent logo featuring the lightning flash, the content and organization is simple and succinct. But as the words may be small, some may have to scrutinize and bend their heads to the computer.

10 Flash also has a Fresh Flash section with commentaries about flash fiction and the publishing world. You want to know more about the vast literary oasis, this may be utilitarian, or could be read for your curiosity.

Regarding the stories, they are simple and well written, meeting the needs of the editor of 10 Flash. This may imply that you have to really try your best to get your work published, and of course, with the aforementioned rewards waiting for your retrieval.