More recommendations for quite short fiction

Following-up on our previous post listing magazines and sites devoted to publishing flash-, micro-, or quite-short-fiction, here is another batch of outlets you might want to check out:

• Wigleaf is an award-winning magazine which features stories under 1000 words.
• The Molotov Cocktail is "a projectile for incendiary flash fiction," run by "purveyors of the dark and offbeat" and curated by Josh Goller.
• 1000words project was begun in 2012 to celebrate the first-ever National Flash-Fiction Day.
• This past fall, Redivider launched an annual fiction contest for flash stories that are short, smart, and significant. Follow the mag on Twitter, or check their website or Submittable portal, for news about the next announcement for submissions.

From our own side of things, we're glad to report that the long-awaited first edition of Decameron is with our printer. We'll be mailing copies to contributors, reviewers, and that very special group of people, our subscribers, this month! An excellent way to kick off the new year.

Reading recommendations for quite short fiction

In view of the long-awaited release of Decameron, our journal of "quite short" fiction, we would be remiss if we didn't acknowledge that the world of micro-fiction is large and diverse (as well as, yes, small to the point of being micro-). We recommend the following peer publications and projects to our readers interested in the history and state-of-the-art of the short-short form:

• NANO FICTION is a non-profit journal founded that seeks to cultivate the genre of flash fiction by creating opportunities for emerging writers to achieve national recognition through our website, print publication, and educational events.
  
• 55 Word Stories is an online story series run by Rosemary Mosco, creator of Bird and Moon.
  
• For more than a decade, Brevity has published well-known and emerging writers working in the extremely brief (750 words or less) essay form, along with craft essays and book reviews.
  
• Booktrust has been promoting books, reading and writing for more than 90 years. On the Short Stories section of their website, readers can find an archive of free short stories from acclaimed and award-winning authors; a list of magazines and websites that accept short story submissions; a listing of short story competitions; and recent reviews of short story collections and anthologies.