Where Less Is More

By Wayne C. Long

Flash fiction reigns supreme in this wonderful fifth ebook in the vast LongShortStories Collection by the prolific and delightful short story master, Wayne C. Long.
Where Less Is More comprises thirty of his best flash pieces. From the stately one-hundred-word title piece to the creepy “Brown” that weighs in at just under 1000 words, this anthology is a winner.

Strap yourself into the creative mind of one of America’s most cutting-edge short story writers and enjoy the ride of a lifetime!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wayne C. Long
• Release date: Aug 9, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476347387

Wayne C. Long

Wayne C. Long is an unusually gifted electronic short story teller. His love for and mastery of this delicious and powerful art form puts him right up there with the best! Having written all his life, whether as a copy writer in the business world or as a writer of edgy short fiction in the digital world, he does one thing particularly well: he mines the edges of human experience for those powerful ideas that no one is tapping into. He visualizes onto the page what other writers overlook, using his cinematically-trained mind’s eye. He distills down the creative essence of the short story, to where less is more. Wayne’s work has appeared in QST magazine where its international readership voted to honor him with the coveted QST Cover Plaque Award two years in a row. He has also written for the Wisconsin Writers’ Journal and is known throughout the blogosphere. For over six years now, his website LongShortStories has been his writing home. There, he offers two free sample stories. On the pages of his blog at www.LongShortStories.com/wayne/, he teaches and engages readers in the art of short story writing. Wayne C. Long is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and his wife, Diane is also an N.I.U. graduate. They recently built a home on a hill overlooking the headwaters of the Milwaukee River as it meanders into a charming century-old millpond occupied by hundreds of Canada geese. Wayne and Diane are proud of their two married children (a daughter and a son), one very special granddaughter and a brand-new grandson.

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