Quick Fiction: Doing Good

Published Jul 14 2006, 02:07 AM by Nina MacLaughlin

In honor of its 10th issue and fifth year, Quick Fiction, a lit mag based in Jamaica Plain, is putting together a special issue and getting real benevolent. Literary magazines normally need every nickel to stay afloat, but for July and August, if you pre-order special issue ten, 15% of proceeds will go to Jumpstart, a national non-profit that works to build literacy skills in at-risk kids. Quick Fiction specializes in flash fiction, short-shorts, micro fiction, whatever you wanna call it; all stories are, at longest, 500 words. Here's a particularly lovely example by Andrew Michael Roberts. To pre-order issue ten, click here.

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