Category Archives: flash fiction

Mad Scientist Week: One Night in O’Shaughnessy’s Bar

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

And now, continuing the celebration of Mad Scientist Week, here’s a short story for you. It takes place… One Night in O’Shaughnessy’s BarDavid D. Levine The geek sat hunched over his drink, tapping a swizzle stick on the bar as … Continue reading →


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Mad Scientist Week: The Line Between Madness and Genius Can Be Thin

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Palm Beach Express-Times Jupiter Woman Disappears During Civil Commitment Hearing JUPITER, Fla.  A woman disappeared today in the middle of a hearing on whether she should be committed to a mental institution. Adele Mansfield, 42, disappeared while demonstrating a device … Continue reading →


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The World Ends Tomorrow

Posted on December 20, 2012 by

Or so the latest round of doomsayers predict, based on someone’s interpretation of the Mayan calendar. Apparently some more optimistic types think December 21, 2012, marks the beginning of an idyllic New Age. I’m a little skeptical of both predictions, … Continue reading →


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SCOTUS Defines Personhood

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Supreme Court of the United States Defines Personhood Flash Fiction Satire by Vonda N. McIntyre In an expected decision today, the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed its definition of Corporations as persons, and redefined organic beings as unpersons. Unpersons include nebular avatars, bionic individuals (including biological … Continue reading →


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Nancy Jane Moore’s Flashes of Illumination Now Available

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Flashes of Illumination, a collection of 52 short-short stories by Nancy Jane Moore, is now available from Book View Cafe. Like all Book View Cafe ebooks, it comes in a choice of four DRM-free formats — mobi, epub, prc, and … Continue reading →


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The Flash Fiction Project: A Final Update

Posted on December 10, 2009 by

I quit. I don’t mean I quit writing. Or quit Book View Cafe. Or even quit blogging. But I quit publishing a weekly flash fiction. Today I put up story number 50. It seems like a good stopping place.


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The Flash Fiction Project: An Update

Posted on September 3, 2009 by

When we started Book View Cafe, I decided it would be the perfect forum for something I’d wanted to do for years: Publishing a “flash fiction” — a short-short story — on a weekly basis. It’s not that very short … Continue reading →


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