Allison Symes – Flash Fiction/Short Stories/Blogger
Hello and welcome. I’m a multi-published flash fiction and short story writer. I’ve also been a winner of the Waterloo Arts Festival Writing Competition three years in a row. I have two flash fiction collections published by Chapeltown Books (From Light to Dark and Back Again and Tripping the Flash Fantastic). My third collection is in the pipeline. I have been published in numerous anthologies for short stories too.
I am a freelance editor and run workshops on editing, as well as on flash fiction writing.
For my non-fiction work, I blog often on topics of interest to writers and anyone interested in aspects of the writing life.
I also have a weekly column for online magazine, Chandler’s Ford Today.
I also write for Writers’ Narrative magazine and am one of their team of editors.
I hope to share tips, advice, and exclusive stories in my newsletter, the sign up button is below. The stories may make it into a collection later but YOU will see them first!
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My two flash collections!
Some of the CafeLit anthologies where my work has appeared. Below are some of the Bridge House Publishing anthologies where my short stories and flash fiction have appeared.
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