I edited Flush Fiction, but held to my promise not to reject anything. I have always contended that a writer writes their best work when they write just exactly what they want to write without worrying about what any editor, agent or publisher has to say. I think the stories in Flush Fiction prove my point; there isn’t a dog in the bunch. Creative people are always being told that they need to have their hands tied to do better work. I was told by one big shot editor from a New York house, "You’re a good writer but what you need is for an agent to stick you in a box and tell you what to write." If a writer can’t write what they want you they might as well be digging ditch, at least then they can be sure of a pay check.
Now some of the biggest names in this business make their livings writing 700 thousand word vignettes. They wouldn’t know how to tell a complete store if it jumped up and bit them on the ass so keep that in mind as you read the stories in Flush Fiction. None of these stories are over a thousand words, every one of them is a complete story, with a beginning a middle and an end that’s conclusive. If a certain rich and famous writer who shall remain nameless can’t finish a story in several extremely long books how genius are these fuckers that can do it in under 1000 words.
