Join local authors Kathryn Silver-Hajo and Kathryn Kulpa for a special night dedicated to flash fiction on Wednesday, June 28 at 6 pm in the Collis Family Gallery. What is flash fiction, you ask? Flash fiction is a fictional work of extreme brevity (think, very short story) that still offers character and plot development.

Both authors will read from their new books, talk a little about the path to publication, discuss some writing prompts that sparked stories, and then do a flash fiction writing exercise with the audience. Kathryn and Kathryn will also be selling and signing copies of their new books and will have some fun giveaways.

Light refreshments and writing supplies will be provided.

About the Authors

Kathryn Silver-Hajo is a Pushcart Prize, Best Small Fictions, and Best American Food Writing nominee whose flash fiction, CNF, and poetry has been widely published and included in a number of anthologies. Her novel, Roots of the Banyan Tree, is forthcoming in fall 2023 from Juventud Press. Kathryn is a reader for Fractured Lit. She lives in Providence, Rhode Island with her husband and saucy, curly-tailed pup, Kaya. In addition to writing, she is a passionate cook and explorer of places near and far. More at: kathrynsilverhajo.com

Kathryn Kulpa is the author of a flash fiction chapbook, Girls on Film (Paper Nautilus), a microchapbook, Who's the Skirt? (Origami Poems Press), and a short story collection, Pleasant Drugs (Mid- List Press). Her work has been chosen for Best Microfiction and the Wigleaf longlist and nominated for Best Small Fictions and the Pushcart Prize. Kathryn is a flash editor at Cleaver magazine and has stories in Flash Frog, Five South, Ghost Parachute, Moon City Review, Smokelong Quarterly, and other journals. Find her online at kathrynkulpa.com

This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Barrington Public Library.