Editor Interview: Fireworks.

Explosive short stories!

Rewrite The Stars Review

My favorite writers are Kazuo Ishiguro, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Carlo Rovelli (technically a physicist but his writing is beautiful), and Emily Dickinson.

Rather than centering on one theme, Fireworks aims to capture one level of emotion (hence our love of "explosive" stories). While our writers and characters span countries, ages, and interests, they all grab readers' attention with their engaging tales.

If you're not sure if you should submit, we're here to tell you that you should :) We love reading and are always excited for more, so all we want to know is that you love your piece, after that it's a joy for us to experience your writing, so let's see what you've got!

A story from 200 to 1000 words that grabs our attention from the very beginning and keeps us hooked until the very end. We want your characters/plot to be so captivating that we are satisfied with the ending yet disappointed there is not more to read. Fireworks is a place to experience an explosive story in a short amount of reading time, so take advantage of every word you write! Other than that, its up to you!

We often receive submissions over our word count. While we understand that it can be difficult to stop yourself from writing more and more when you are engrossed in a plot, we are aiming to publish short stories that convey complex narratives or themes in crunched times. It's a challenge, we know! While we love reading your stories, no matter the length, we simply do not have time to get through your multi-chapter submissions that we can't publish, so please consider this when submitting!

This part is totally up to you, what do you want to share with us? **Note -- we love hearing which country you are writing from, as we are always amazed at how far Fireworks has spread.

We try to read every piece to the end to make sure we aren't missing anything, but as we know many readers might stop reading if they are not interested in the first few paragraphs, we weight the beginning of your stories very heavily in our decisions.

After initial evaluations, we double-check for: typos, sensitive content, formatting questions, plot holes, and consistency.

We generally try to avoid any substantive edits, especially considering the short length of our submissions. However, any copy edits or proofreading suggestions we make are always confirmed with our authors before publication.