Bio

Pamelyn Casto, twice a Pushcart Prize nominee, has published feature-length articles on flash fiction in Writer's Digest (and in their other publications), Fiction Southeast, and OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters. Her essay on flash fiction and myth appears in Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips From Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field and her 8,000-word essay on flash fiction is included in the four-volume Books and Beyond: The Greenwood Encyclopedia of New American Reading. Her latest 5,000-word article is the lead essay in Critical Insights: Flash Fiction (2017). She is associate editor for flash discourse at OPEN: Journal of Arts & Letters http://ojalart.com/

I
think
a ghost's
in my mind
spinning Descartes' wheels

I
think
therefore
I am not
who I think I am

I
think
I might
tighten up
cogito ergo . . .
but spinning makes me dizzy now
and I fall out of sleep dreaming of being myself