May News & Notes
Look for “Before She Was My Mother” (originally published by The Woolf) in Best Microfiction 2022 Right now... * You can read “The Work”...
In Fifty Words! - "A master's course..."
Geoffrey Miller, editor of NUNUM recently featured an in depth and insightful review of IN FIFTY WORDS! * * * Bob’s latest gift to the...
100 WORDS CONTEST FINALIST
The Shovelers 100 WORDS CONTEST FINALIST BOB THURBER The shovelers arrive early, dragging their shadows across the snow. Most are...
New Release
In Fifty Words! (Micro Fictions) An eclectic collection of micro fictions, each exactly 50 words… From the Introduction: Bob has a unique...
2018 Story of The Year
Recently 50 Word Stories announced: The winner of the 2018 Story of the Year is: The Summer of Sweet Mary (circa 1972) by Bob Thurber...
Interview with the editors of Pulp Literature
"..,flash fiction maestro and Bumblebee contest judge, Bob Thurber, sat down to give his thoughts on constructing short fiction, the...
Short-shorts at The New Yorker
This summer The New Yorker is publishing a series of Flash Fiction pieces. Link: http://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction I’m...
Elmore Leonard, Ernest Hemingway & Bob Thurber
From BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE SOME PROSE? by Brandon L. Rucker "I’ve been reading both Elmore Leonard and Bob Thurber since the late 90s...
