Do you love science fiction and fantasy? Us too, but as much as we enjoy the sprawling epics for which our genre is famous (read: infamous), we think there should be more space for the short stuff. Stories you can knock out over your morning coffee, or during your lunch break. Stories you don’t need a bookmark for.
So, why Flash Point SF? Because we know there are a lot of wonderful science fiction and fantasy flash stories being written, but the market to publish them is small. That’s where we come in. Our goal is to help the market grow and provide SF&F flash authors with a new venue to publish their work.
Interested? You can become a yearly subscriber for only $1 per month. Also, if you have a story you’d like us to consider, Submit it! We can’t wait to read your best and brightest, so long as there are no bookmarks required.
Co-Founder and Editor. Thomas J. Griffin is a life-long fiction lover and sumo wrestling enthusiast who lives in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of an attic that could use more natural light. His own stories have appeared in publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Wyldblood Press, Martian Magazine, Black Hare Press, and elsewhere.
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M.A. Dosser
Co-Founder and Editor. M.A. Dosser reads, writes, and edits speculative fiction in his free time then teaches about its fandoms for his day job at Vanderbilt University. When he isn’t waxing on about nostalgia or combing through SF archives for his research, he’s writing about heroic blueberries, raven knights, and long voyages in outer space. You can read more about his creative and scholarly work at his website.
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Kevin Pabst
Art Director. Kevin is an artist, musician, and PhD student living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has done the cover art for numerous academic collections, produced tour posters for the band BadCameo, and created album art for bands like If By Whiskey. For more about Kevin’s design and artwork, visit his website.
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Eleanor Ball
First Reader. Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Haven Spec, Orion’s Belt, Small Wonders,Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. Come say hi at eleanor-ball.com and @eleanorball.bsky.social.
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Jordan Hirsch
First Reader. Jordan writes speculative fiction and poetry in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and their two perfect cats. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, and her work has appeared with Apparition Literary Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, and other venues. A lifelong Trekkie, she is absolutely thriving in this current golden age of Star Trek.
Chris Johnson
Acquisitions Editor
Brian P. Griffin
Webmaster
Submissions Team: JR Vernham Hans Ege Wenger Nick Badot Amanda Ilozumba Raymond Rugg Rick Danforth
AND Our Founding Patrons, whose generosity helped launch Flash Point Science Fiction
Do you love science fiction and fantasy? Us too, but as much as we enjoy the sprawling epics for which our genre is famous (read: infamous), we think there should be more space for the short stuff. Stories you can knock out over your morning coffee, or during your lunch break. Stories you don’t need a bookmark for.
So, why Flash Point SF? Because we know there are a lot of wonderful science fiction and fantasy flash stories being written, but the market to publish them is small. That’s where we come in. Our goal is to help the market grow and provide SF&F flash authors with a new venue to publish their work.
Interested? You can become a yearly subscriber for only $1 per month. Also, if you have a story you’d like us to consider, Submit it! We can’t wait to read your best and brightest, so long as there are no bookmarks required.
THE TEAM
Thomas J. Griffin
Co-Founder and Editor. Thomas J. Griffin is a life-long fiction lover and sumo wrestling enthusiast who lives in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of an attic that could use more natural light. His own stories have appeared in publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Wyldblood Press, Martian Magazine, Black Hare Press, and elsewhere.
M.A. Dosser
Co-Founder and Editor. M.A. Dosser reads, writes, and edits speculative fiction in his free time then teaches about its fandoms for his day job at Vanderbilt University. When he isn’t waxing on about nostalgia or combing through SF archives for his research, he’s writing about heroic blueberries, raven knights, and long voyages in outer space. You can read more about his creative and scholarly work at his website.
Kevin Pabst
Art Director. Kevin is an artist, musician, and PhD student living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has done the cover art for numerous academic collections, produced tour posters for the band BadCameo, and created album art for bands like If By Whiskey. For more about Kevin’s design and artwork, visit his website.
Eleanor Ball
First Reader. Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Haven Spec, Orion’s Belt, Small Wonders,Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. Come say hi at eleanor-ball.com and @eleanorball.bsky.social.
Jordan Hirsch
First Reader. Jordan writes speculative fiction and poetry in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and their two perfect cats. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, and her work has appeared with Apparition Literary Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, and other venues. A lifelong Trekkie, she is absolutely thriving in this current golden age of Star Trek.
Chris Johnson
Acquisitions Editor
Brian P. Griffin
Webmaster
Submissions Team: JR Vernham Hans Ege Wenger Nick Badot Amanda Ilozumba Raymond Rugg Rick Danforth
Do you love science fiction and fantasy? Us too, but as much as we enjoy the sprawling epics for which our genre is famous (read: infamous), we think there should be more space for the short stuff. Stories you can knock out over your morning coffee, or during your lunch break. Stories you don’t need a bookmark for.
So, why Flash Point SF? Because we know there are a lot of wonderful science fiction and fantasy flash stories being written, but the market to publish them is small. That’s where we come in. Our goal is to help the market grow and provide SF&F flash authors with a new venue to publish their work.
Interested? You can become a yearly subscriber for only $1 per month. Also, if you have a story you’d like us to consider, Submit it! We can’t wait to read your best and brightest, so long as there are no bookmarks required.
Co-Founder and Editor. Thomas J. Griffin is a life-long fiction lover and sumo wrestling enthusiast who lives in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of an attic that could use more natural light. His own stories have appeared in publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Wyldblood Press, Martian Magazine, Black Hare Press, and elsewhere.
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M.A. Dosser
Co-Founder and Editor. M.A. Dosser reads, writes, and edits speculative fiction in his free time then teaches about its fandoms for his day job at Vanderbilt University. When he isn’t waxing on about nostalgia or combing through SF archives for his research, he’s writing about heroic blueberries, raven knights, and long voyages in outer space. You can read more about his creative and scholarly work at his website.
Scroll
Kevin Pabst
Art Director. Kevin is an artist, musician, and PhD student living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has done the cover art for numerous academic collections, produced tour posters for the band BadCameo, and created album art for bands like If By Whiskey. For more about Kevin’s design and artwork, visit his website.
Scroll
Eleanor Ball
First Reader. Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Haven Spec, Orion’s Belt, Small Wonders,Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. Come say hi at eleanor-ball.com and @eleanorball.bsky.social.
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Jordan Hirsch
First Reader. Jordan writes speculative fiction and poetry in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and their two perfect cats. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, and her work has appeared with Apparition Literary Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, and other venues. A lifelong Trekkie, she is absolutely thriving in this current golden age of Star Trek.
Chris Johnson
Acquisitions Editor
Brian P. Griffin
Webmaster
Submissions Team: JR Vernham Hans Ege Wenger Nick Badot Amanda Ilozumba Raymond Rugg Rick Danforth
AND Our Founding Patrons, whose generosity helped launch Flash Point Science Fiction
Do you love science fiction and fantasy? Us too, but as much as we enjoy the sprawling epics for which our genre is famous (read: infamous), we think there should be more space for the short stuff. Stories you can knock out over your morning coffee, or during your lunch break. Stories you don’t need a bookmark for.
So, why Flash Point SF? Because we know there are a lot of wonderful science fiction and fantasy flash stories being written, but the market to publish them is small. That’s where we come in. Our goal is to help the market grow and provide SF&F flash authors with a new venue to publish their work.
Interested? You can become a yearly subscriber for only $1 per month. Also, if you have a story you’d like us to consider, Submit it! We can’t wait to read your best and brightest, so long as there are no bookmarks required.
THE TEAM
Thomas J. Griffin
Co-Founder and Editor. Thomas J. Griffin is a life-long fiction lover and sumo wrestling enthusiast who lives in Nashville, Tennessee and works out of an attic that could use more natural light. His own stories have appeared in publications such as Daily Science Fiction, Wyldblood Press, Martian Magazine, Black Hare Press, and elsewhere.
M.A. Dosser
Co-Founder and Editor. M.A. Dosser reads, writes, and edits speculative fiction in his free time then teaches about its fandoms for his day job at Vanderbilt University. When he isn’t waxing on about nostalgia or combing through SF archives for his research, he’s writing about heroic blueberries, raven knights, and long voyages in outer space. You can read more about his creative and scholarly work at his website.
Kevin Pabst
Art Director. Kevin is an artist, musician, and PhD student living in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has done the cover art for numerous academic collections, produced tour posters for the band BadCameo, and created album art for bands like If By Whiskey. For more about Kevin’s design and artwork, visit his website.
Eleanor Ball
First Reader. Eleanor Ball is a librarian and assistant professor at the University of Northern Iowa. Her work is featured or forthcoming in Fantasy Magazine, Haven Spec, Orion’s Belt, Small Wonders,Strange Horizons, and elsewhere. Come say hi at eleanor-ball.com and @eleanorball.bsky.social.
Jordan Hirsch
First Reader. Jordan writes speculative fiction and poetry in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and their two perfect cats. She has an MFA in Creative Writing, and her work has appeared with Apparition Literary Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, and other venues. A lifelong Trekkie, she is absolutely thriving in this current golden age of Star Trek.
Chris Johnson
Acquisitions Editor
Brian P. Griffin
Webmaster
Submissions Team: JR Vernham Hans Ege Wenger Nick Badot Amanda Ilozumba Raymond Rugg Rick Danforth
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