Compression: Karen Dietrich
“I have always felt compelled to create compressed pieces, whether poetry or prose. I like to place the dots on the grid and let the reader connect them. I’m concerned with what happens in the white space of the mind after the story or poem ends.” — Karen Dietrich
Compression: Elizabeth Eidlitz
“Compressed feelings eventually force their way out, however indirectly.” — Elizabeth Eidlitz
Compression: Anne Valente
“I appreciate the brevity of compressed fiction for its capacity to distill a situation—and language—to its most fundamental, raw elements.” — Anne Valente
Compression: Lucy DuPertuis
“To me, compression means essence.” — Lucy DuPertuis
Compression: Lori White
“Compression leaves room for suggestion without directly saying, when, by the end of the story, what’s underneath looms larger than what is there on the page.” — Lori White
Compression: Marsha McSpadden
“Generally speaking I think of compression as fracture—of reducing an experience into one compressed image.” — Marsha McSpadden
Compression: Ray Scanlon
“An arbitrary length constraint keeps me from rambling beyond readers’ endurance.” — Ray Scanlon
Compression: Samantha Priestley
“Compression, to me, means bringing words and phrases to the intensity of a moment. ” — Samantha Priestley
Compression: Sarah Stanton
“Sometimes compression is as simple as putting a big idea in a tiny venue and letting it sing.” — Sarah Stanton
Compression: Lou Charles
“People can feel ten emotions and think ten thoughts in ten seconds. Conveying that is very appealing.” — Lou Charles
Matter Press is now offering private flash fiction workshops and critiques of flash fiction collections here.
Upcoming:
03/23 • Kenneth Pobo
03/30 • Roberta Allen
04/06 • Avril Shakira Villar
04/13 • TBD
04/20 • TBD
04/27 • TBD
05/04 • TBD
05/11 • TBD
05/18 • TBD
05/25 • TBD
06/01 • TBD
06/08 • TBD
06/15 • TBD
06/22 • TBD
06/29 • TBD
07/06 • TBD
07/13 • TBD
07/20 • TBD
07/27 • TBD
08/03 • TBD
08/10 • TBD
08/17 • TBD
08/24 • TBD
08/31 • TBD
09/07 • TBD
09/14 • TBD
09/21 • TBD