Lynn has posted this concise and thoughtful introduction to writing flash at the recently started Texture Press wiki.
(The wiki has just gotten started–but you can see where Texture is headed with it–a resource for writers, readers, with entries written with a bit of personality!)
Reading for “Sleight of Hand” theme through July.
From the description of the theme: “We’re looking for fiction, poetry, and essays on the theme of deception—provocative explorations of worlds in which truth is a fragile, elaborate, and mercurial thing. Some deception is evil, some begets magic.”
Poems for the Writing: Prompts for Poets 