Aug. 26: case/lang/viers_Tin_House Flash Fiction

Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 10:28 p.m.

b'It\\u2019s that rare bird, a truly super supergroup: alt-country firebrand Neko Case, world-class indie lyricist Laura Veirs and songstress supreme k.d. lang released a lush, soulful record last summer. Their opbmusic concert will rebroadcast on OPB TV as part of \\u201cOregon Lens\\u201d Tuesday, Aug. 29.
Also we listen back to last fall\\u2019s flash fiction contest winners. We teamed up with the Portland imprint Tin House, a publisher of great literature and poetry offerings \\u2014 as well as a most unusual how-to book. \\u201cPlotto: The Master Book of All Plots\\u201d Designed as an aid to writers, it\\u2019s made up of 1,500 plot prompts in an encyclopedic list, sorted by categories like \\u2018Themes,\\u2019 \\u2018Master Plots\\u2019 and\\xa0\\u2018Conflicts.\\u2019 We posted a plot prompt a week and gave writers six days to come up with stories inspired by each prompt. Finalists were selected. Then we called them up to record their stories.'