The Self-Inflicted Relative
Copyright © 2017 authors and Osuuskumma Publishing
Publisher: Osuuskumma Publishing
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Editing: Maija Haavisto & Mikko Rauhala
Additional Copy Editing: M. A. Tyrskyluoto
E-book: Kari Välimäki
Cover: Anu Korpinen
Translations where applicable: Donald Adamson (for Taru Kumara-Moisio), Sanna Barrineau (for Kari Välimäki), Maija Haavisto (for Maria Carole)
ISBN 978-952-7215-32-6 Print edition
ISBN 978-952-7215-33-3 epub
ISBN 978-952-7215-34-0 epub with DRM
Contents
Cover
Foreword
M. A. Tyrskyluoto: Yesterday/Tomorrow
Taru Kumara-Moisio: By the Power of Hatred
Magdalena Hai: The Doll
Maija Haavisto: The Conditional Wolf
J.S. Meresmaa: Father Plague
Artemis Kelosaari: The Sailor’s Ghost
Mikko Rauhala: Final Judgment
M. A. Tyrskyluoto: The Bait
O.E. Lönnberg: Too Wilde for You
Maija Haavisto: Affection
Mikko Rauhala: The Circle of Life
Janos Honkonen: Black Ice
Christine Thorel: Relatives and grapes with seeds, both look good but who on Earth wants them?
Maria Carole: Thinking Outside the Box
Tarja Sipiläinen: Clear-cut Case
Kari Välimäki: Cheese
Maija Haavisto: Process
M. A. Tyrskyluoto: A Fairy Tale Adventure
Mixu Lauronen: Fairy Forest
Anni Nupponen: Cats Ruin Everything
Janos Honkonen: The Dinosaurs Screech Outside
Christine Thorel: Performing Artist
Magdalena Hai: The Horror in the Grim
Mixu Lauronen: Entomophobia
Christine Thorel: A Permanent Job
Mikko Rauhala: Long Live the President
J.S. Meresmaa: Technically, a Practical Joke
Kari Välimäki: The Return
Maija Haavisto: Name of the Game
Artemis Kelosaari: The True Explorer
Christine Thorel: Music for the Night
Taru Kumara-Moisio: The Final Thought
Mikko Rauhala: Gaia’s Long Dream
About the Authors
About Osuuskumma Publishing
Never Stop Anthology
Back Cover
Foreword
Q: How can you write a whole story in just 100 words?
A: Pretty much the same way as you would in 100,000 words.
I’ve loved drabbles ever since I was introduced to the form. I was a teen in the late 1990s and into haiku poetry when I wrote my very first drabble. There’s an obvious link between the drabble and haiku due to the compact size. Then again, haikus are poems about nature where the focus is on imagery, something that drabbles may not contain at all. Despite its incredible brevity, a drabble should encompass an entire story, not just scenic descriptions.
When you first start writing drabbles, 100 words may feel very little. There are literary clas...
