  {"id":3119,"date":"2019-07-16T13:12:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T18:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/creamcityreview\/?p=3119"},"modified":"2019-09-16T16:33:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:33:11","slug":"jonathan-cardews-flash-is-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/creamcityreview\/jonathan-cardews-flash-is-not\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Flash Is Not&#8221; by Jonathan Cardew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large\"><strong>Flash Is Not\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><em>by\u00a0Jonathan Cardew\/ @cardewjcardew\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I am a flash fiction writer, which means I write flash fiction. When I say this to people, they usually ask me what flash fiction is and I oblige them with an explanation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0very short fiction.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0like a paragraph or a page. A flash. They nod in ackno<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wledgement. Oh, they say. Oh, right.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the qualifier, of course. The\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">flash\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bit. Why specify?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I don\u2019t always\u2014most of the time, I just say I write fiction; I\u2019m a fiction writer; I\u2019m a fiction writer of works of a certain length.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So the\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">flash\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">bit i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">s a\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">justification?<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Or<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0a badge of honor?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I decided to hit up Twitter, asking in my tweet to finish the sentence: \u201cFlash is not\u2026\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">don\u2019t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0know why I flipped the question to a negative; why ask what something is not?\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">But<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it seemed appropriate since flash\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fiction thrives in negative space.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The following are twenty-two tweet replies, in no particular order, finishing my sentence and attempting to answer that question in a different way:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not comfortable (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">tabethanewman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not timid (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">wre<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ffinej<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not your grandfather\u2019s nose hairs (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">rgvaughan<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not plodding (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Christopher_All<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">is not written<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0to please anyone (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">taniahershman<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash does not settle in; it\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">doesn\u2019t<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0settle at all (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">fabulistpappas<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not waiting (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">VeronicKlash<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not to disrupt the flow of what it\u2019s not, but I have a pressing question about what it is&#8230; reading for a lit mag and flash coming in 5-6 pages long doesn\u2019t seem, well, flashy. Thoughts? (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">bronwynnhdean<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">F<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">lash is not compliant (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">melostrom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not a boring rambling\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">snoozefest<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">ingram_wallace<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash does not seek to explain itself (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jayne_Martin<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not devoid of depth and emotion (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">laurabesley<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not meretricious (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Robcodbiter<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not a poem (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">karjon<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not kind of a poem (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">laurabesley<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not feeble (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">melostrom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not a matter of fewer words.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0not an anecdote or a sketch or a vignette.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">It\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0a much longer story that is compressed and written wi<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">th a lot of words that you just don\u2019t happen to see (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">francinewitte<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not to be underestimated (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">writingcircles<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If flash is not a vignette, when can you write a vignette? Poor maligned vignettes. I feel they need a home, recognition,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">tlc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Or<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">re they the juvenile frame for flash? (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">wordpoppy<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Flash is not welcoming (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">steveXisXoc<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Flash is not very long (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">nlordlancaster<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0A banana isn\u2019t flash fiction (@<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">samaveris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">[Tweets republished by permission of the authors]<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\"><\/span>*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Cardew<\/strong>&#8216;s stories appear in <em>Passages North<\/em>, <em>Wigleaf<\/em>, <em>JMWW<\/em>, <em>Cleaver Magazine<\/em>, <em>People Holding<\/em>, and others. He edits fiction for <em>Connotation Press<\/em>. Originally from the U.K., he lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.48&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.2&#8243; header_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221;] Flash Is Not\u00a0 \u00a0by\u00a0Jonathan Cardew\/ @cardewjcardew\u00a0 I am a flash fiction writer, which means I write flash fiction. 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