One thing that I’ve learned about through reading slush for New South is the art of flash fiction (micro fiction, short-short fiction, etc.). I didn’t have much experience with flash when I came to New South, but because we publish it regularly on our website, it wasn’t long before I’d read hundreds of flash pieces, ranging widely in their level of success.
Diary of a Slush Reader: The Search for “The One”
So what is it that gets the slush reader excited? What exactly are we looking for?