{"id":607,"date":"2019-06-09T16:50:30","date_gmt":"2019-06-09T16:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/?p=607"},"modified":"2019-06-09T16:50:30","modified_gmt":"2019-06-09T16:50:30","slug":"opening-the-door-on-the-2019-national-flash-fiction-day-anthology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk\/index.php\/2019\/06\/09\/opening-the-door-on-the-2019-national-flash-fiction-day-anthology\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening the Door on the 2019 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>National Flash Fiction Day 2019 is about to kick off on Saturday 15th June, and we can think of no better way to get excited than to reveal this year&#8217;s anthology title, cover, and full line up!<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\"><em>Introducing&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-609 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/host2021.temp.domains\/~nationo0\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Screenshot-2019-06-09-at-11.38.55-192x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" \/><strong>And We Pass Through: National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">Knock, knock. Who&#8217;s there? It must be the eight annual instalment of the National Flash Fiction Day (UK) anthology. This year, we&#8217;re teeming with all kinds of stories about all kinds of doors, both physical and metaphorical. From advent calendars to Roman Gods, to crazy car chases and curse-sewn wedding dresses, pass through the open door with us to this wild and stirring anthology.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">Edited by Santino Prinzi and Joanna Campbell<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">The title of this year&#8217;s anthology is borrowed from an evocative story by <strong>Joy Mann\u00e9<\/strong>, and this year&#8217;s beautiful cover artwork has been created by our artist-in-residence, <strong>Jeanette Sheppard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">We&#8217;re expecting the copies of the anthology to arrive from the printers very soon, so it won&#8217;t be long before you&#8217;ll be able to buy the anthology from our bookshop and dive in! The eBook will be soon to follow. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/46225138-and-we-pass-through\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">If you have <strong>Goodreads<\/strong>, you can now add <em>And We Pass Through<\/em>\u00a0to your <strong>Want to Read <\/strong>list!<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">We&#8217;re now thrilled to share the complete contents of this year&#8217;s anthology, which include special guest flashes from guest authors and the NFFD team, as well as our winning micros from our annual micro fiction competition:<\/p>\n<table class=\" cke_show_border\" border=\"0\" width=\"413\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"180\" \/>\n<col width=\"233\" \/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\" height=\"23\">Santino Prinzi<\/td>\n<td width=\"233\">MDF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Diane Simmons<\/td>\n<td>Odette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Ingrid Jendrzjewski<\/td>\n<td>Doors I Have Known, Abridged<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Joanna Campbell<\/td>\n<td>And then<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Judy Darley<\/td>\n<td>Skip Diving<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jeanette Sheppard<\/td>\n<td>The Algebra of Bones<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Kevlin Henney<\/td>\n<td>Board in the Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Angela Readman<\/td>\n<td>Sleeping with Our Eyes Open<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Susmita Bhattacharya<\/td>\n<td>The Behavioural Pattern of a Thunderstorm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Vanessa Gebbie<\/td>\n<td>The Door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">David Swann<\/td>\n<td>Crustaceans Are People Too<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Meg Pokrass<\/td>\n<td>Barista<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Eilise Norris<\/td>\n<td>A Person-Shaped Exit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Anne Summerfield<\/td>\n<td>Advent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">John Wheway<\/td>\n<td>All Her Weight<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Paul Thompson<\/td>\n<td>All our dresses are white<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Joy Mann\u00e9<\/td>\n<td>And we pass through, and we pass through, and we pass through<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Karen Jones<\/td>\n<td>Arabesque<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jenny Adamthwaite<\/td>\n<td>Beacons of the Bay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Rebecca Field<\/td>\n<td>Behind Closed Doors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Nancy Ludmerer<\/td>\n<td>Complicity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Rachael Dunlop<\/td>\n<td>Dancing with The Doors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Agnieszka Studzinska<\/td>\n<td>Superstitious of Kissing in a Doorway<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jude Higgins<\/td>\n<td>Every Good Story Deserves a Car Chase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Gita Smith<\/td>\n<td>Falling Man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Rupert Dastur<\/td>\n<td>Fire Escape<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Cathy Lennon<\/td>\n<td>For Display Purposes Only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Richard Holt<\/td>\n<td>Grand Complication<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Fiona Lincoln<\/td>\n<td>How to see The Starry Night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Ruth Skrine<\/td>\n<td>I Found God in the barn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Anika Carpenter<\/td>\n<td>Less than a Mile from Home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Gabby Turner<\/td>\n<td>Letting the Cold Out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Gary Duncan<\/td>\n<td>Being Sharks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Emma Neale<\/td>\n<td>Listen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Lucy Goldring<\/td>\n<td>Listening from the Outside<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Stephanie Hutton<\/td>\n<td>Listening to the Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Lynn Mundell<\/td>\n<td>Little Temblors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Sarah Davy<\/td>\n<td>Maybe Next Time<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Emily Devane<\/td>\n<td>Mum Tastes of Disappointment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Patricia Q Bidar<\/td>\n<td>Neighbors<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Alison Powell<\/td>\n<td>Not her child, not mine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Elizabeth Lovatt<\/td>\n<td>Observations from the Tube Looking Out onto Baker Street Platform<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Anna Giangiordano<\/td>\n<td>Peach Blossom Season<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Alison Woodhouse<\/td>\n<td>Press to Play<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">A B Kyazze<\/td>\n<td>Rush Hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Sarah Salway<\/td>\n<td>Safekeeping<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Sal Page<\/td>\n<td>She Opened the Door in Her Dressing Gown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jane Roberts<\/td>\n<td>Sottotitoli<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Mike Scott Thomson<\/td>\n<td>The Advent of Us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Marie Day<\/td>\n<td>The Catch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Caroline Greene<\/td>\n<td>The Cupboard Door c. 1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Vivien Jones<\/td>\n<td>The Doorbell Rings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Michael Loveday<\/td>\n<td>The History of the Child and the Door<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jenny Woodhouse<\/td>\n<td>The Intercity 125 from Weymouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Robert Scotellaro<\/td>\n<td>The Pencil<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">James Northern<\/td>\n<td>The Sentinel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Debbie Taggio<\/td>\n<td>Tomorrow Will Always Find You<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Patricia Knight<\/td>\n<td>Turn Right<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Jo Derrick<\/td>\n<td>Unlocking the Heart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Nuala O&#8217;Connor<\/td>\n<td>Venus Moon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Nod Ghosh<\/td>\n<td>We Fly at Night<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Helen Rye<\/td>\n<td>You Don\u2019t Have To Be An All-Knowing God Of The Roman Pantheon To Work Here (And It Doesn\u2019t Really Help)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Alison Woodhouse<\/td>\n<td>For you, I am<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Sara Hills<\/td>\n<td>Havasu Falls<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Nan Wigington<\/td>\n<td>Charlie Walker&#8217;s Thirst<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Gaynor Jones<\/td>\n<td>Great Sorrows Are Mute<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Su Yin Yap<\/td>\n<td>Nil by Mouth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Michelle Christophorou<\/td>\n<td>His Name was Ash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Elaine Mead<\/td>\n<td>Last Night I Saved a Moth from Drowning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Claire Boot<\/td>\n<td>Three Strangers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">James Burt<\/td>\n<td>Behind Every Sign is a Story<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"23\">Hollie Monhemius<\/td>\n<td>Lists<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p data-wp-editing=\"1\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Flash Fiction Day 2019 is about to kick off on Saturday 15th June, and we can think of no better way to get excited than to reveal this year&#8217;s anthology title, cover, and full line up! 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