this week my #flashfiction class is looking at instruction stories...

"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid is probably the most famous example (maybe the greatest flash story ever written???) but here are some other great examples of the instruction story (1/4) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/26/girl
Girl

“This is how to love a man, and if this doesn’t work there are other ways.”

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1978/06/26/girl
(2/4) “Gator Butchering for Beginners” by @Kristen_Arnett https://electricliterature.com/gator-butchering-for-beginners/
Gator Butchering For Beginners - Electric Literature

It’s easy enough to slip the skin. Wedge your knife below the bumpy ridge of spine to separate cartilage from fat; loosen tendon from pink, sticky meat. Flay everything open. Pry free the heart. It...

https://electricliterature.com/gator-butchering-for-beginners/
(3/4) “How to Survive the Apocalypse – A Triptych” by @marthagrover https://www.colorado.edu/timberjournal/2018/06/04/three-stories-martha-grover
Three Stories by Martha Grover

https://www.colorado.edu/timberjournal/2018/06/04/three-stories-martha-grover
(4/4) “How to Wear an Indian Village” by Kuzhali Manickavel
https://wigleaf.com/200902village.htm
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