I teach English and creative writing at Austin Community College. I'm also a fiction writer, journalist, photographer and documentary filmmaker. See more at joeoconnell.com.
In Fall 2025 I will teach the following classes:
Flash Fiction 12-week (asynchronous online) Starts Sept. 22
The texts are:
Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction by Masih, Tara l.
Flash Fiction America by Thomas, James
Honors Composition II: Texas Writers 16-week (asynchronous online).
The texts are:
Lone Star Literature: A Texas Anthology by Don Graham
We Burn Daylight by Bret Anthony Johnston
Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter
Mayhem by Elizabeth Harris
Forms of Literature 16-week (asynchronous online).
This course will concentrate on the study of the shapes and writing of fiction.
The texts are:
Writing Fiction by Janet Burroway (10th edition only)
Making Shapely Fiction by Jerome Stern (any edition)
All class syllabi will be on Blackboard at https://acconline.austincc.edu/
If you have questions, contact me at joconne at austincc.edu