Fan of Twitter fiction? Check #VSS Anthology
It’s a great news for Twitter fiction lovers. #VSS Anthology Volume 1 has just been published, thanks to the big effort of Made in DNA, who initiated the anthology, called for entries and edited the stories into this great book.
Twitter fiction is a fantastic literary phenomenon. It shows how well writers can cope with such a limit as 140 characters. And it brings great results. Many people write fiction on Twitter and the most popular way to follow it is #vss tag. It was originated by the Twitter fiction guru, Very Short Story and quickly adopted by his fans and fellow writers.
This anthology has one outstanding benefit I was not aware until I read it – opposite to Twitter stream, where you read great stories accidentally, you have all the best of it presented the way it should be: organized. Every author in this book has his exceptional voice and brings his unique world to the reader. Just read a couple of his stories in a row and you’re there completely.
Having in mind that Twitter just makes you blink and you’re away in the archives, anthologies like this one have an incredible value.
The book is available for free from Smashwords. You can read it on-line or download to your device. There are many formats available, including ePub, mobi, rtf, pdf and plain text, so I’m sure there is one to fit you e-reading device.
#VSS Anthology is out, but the authors are on. Check what they’re writing about right now on Twitter.
PS. I’m really glad I’m part of this anthology and was helpful in designing the book’s cover. »»»
Hashtagstories – a literary memoir of social media trends
It’s almost a year since I started hashtagstories – microstories written with current Twitter hashtags.
Sorry? Stories written with what? A year ago this was weird even to me. But it was just so inspiring to combine the world of hashtags into a piece of a literary fiction that I gave it a try. I also wanted to use it as a way to enter English writing. It was looking like a pretty easy job to do – just collect meaningful, emotional hashtags and scrabble them into a story.
After a year I can tell you – hashtagstories are not easy. They are a hard work. I had to go through many Twitter-based services to find the best source of hashtag info. Previously I was using Hashtags.org, now it’s What the Trend. »»»
#vss Don liked that girl. He mailed her, posted, tweeted, j.mped, digged and waved. “Oh Don1991,” she pinged. “Can’t we just… skype?”
That was it. The whole story. Read here about Twitter-based literature tagged #vss.
#vss “Honey, can you help me with the dinner?” – “Sorry, I can’t do two things at once. I’m playing with multitasking”.
That was it. The whole story. Read here about Twitter-based literature tagged #vss.
#vss Greg spent almost 20 years to invent a tweet with a negative number of characters. Finally he did it, sent it – and nobody noticed.
That was it. The whole story. Read here about Twitter-based literature tagged #vss.
New cover of Hashtagstories Vol.1 – what do you think?
As I’ve almost finished a second set of hashtagstories, I decided to change a cover. There was something I didn’t like about the original one. It was pure, simple – and didn’t show how versatile can be the world of Twitter hashtags. And yes, I wanted to make it dirty.
For those who want to know, what the hash is this #hashtagstory about, please read the kick off post. The book can be downloaded from here.
Please have a look. Compare to the original one. What do you think?
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