“The idea of compression is a vector for many of my passions—miniatures; interiority/exteriority and their relationship; hiding/the hidden; information theory, etc. I picture Emily Dickinson’s volcanoes as fitting (perhaps nested) within her. In my writing, I sometimes portray the world as very dense, compacted, as though whatever implement we need in order to be able to ‘handle it’ is embedded in the center.” — Claire Bateman



— Lucinda Kempe

“In a world awash with words, information, and perspectives, manageable containers also matter. Short fiction gives me the opportunity to explore a single transition, to watch my characters shift from one state to another. All that they have been and all that they might be are compressed into that instant, constrained yet full of potential, like the pause between one breath and the next.” — Jennifer Johnson
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