Students in this course will write in several short fictions forms, from flash fiction (~1/2 page to 3 pages) to slightly longer forms (3-5, 5-8) as well as longer form (~10-15 pages). Writing prompts will vary from structural imitation, to thematic inspiration, to traditional writing prompts such as epistolary (letter, email, etc.) models, stories based on news and tabloid pieces, stories that cover an entire life in a few pages, stories made mostly from dialog, and so on. There will be weekly writing as well as longer projects, and an emphasis on new work as opposed to previously written or -submitted work. Text/reading provided by instructor. Prerequisite: 3 hours of a 2000-level creative writing class in the appropriate genre or consent of instructor.