The old man had been working in his small vegetable garden when the young foreign reporter approached from the dirt road that led out of the village and into the foothills.

The old man leaned on his shovel and listened to the reporter explain that he had been separated from a group of soldiers he was following into the hills near where the fighting was happening.

They were able to communicate using simple words in broken sentences in each other’s languages. The old man gestured towards his cottage and told the young reporter it would be safer to spend the night here and try to find the soldiers at daylight. …

What is Short Form?

Short form is anything on Medium that is 150 words or less.

1.Bold the first sentence.
2. Don’t include a headline, sub-headline, or picture.

That’s it.

EXAMPLE

This is my first sentence.

Blah, blah, blah, one hundred and fifty times….

If you need more details this is from Medium themselves.

What is Short Shot City?

Okay, with that out of the way, let me tell you about this publication.

This is a place to publish anything (almost) that is 150 words or less in the format described above. Poems, rants, daily thoughts, ect.

How to Write For US?

I’ve decided to make everyone editors like they do on the Partnered Pen. It just simplifies things a lot. Post in the comments if you are interested and I will add you as an editor. …

Things are historic
before they even happen
now. Internet age.

The Hamster Trials Diary Entry #11: Well, Coco-Chan is doing very well as what I assume is an extremely frazzled mother with seven kids that are now crawling all over…

dirty dishes in
the sink, laundry is calling
think I’ll write haiku

Steve Howard has published flash fiction, short stories, haibun, and creative non-fiction, poetry in numerous literary journals. He…

I wonder if the human tendency towards tribalism has hi-jacked the potential for a world wide sharing of knowledge, understanding, tolerance, and compassion?

I like the idea of people being…