Flash Fiction International
Flash Fiction International What is a flash fiction called in other countries? These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on…
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Flash Fiction International
What is a flash fiction called in other countries? These short shorts, usually no more than 750 words, range from linear narratives to the more unusual: stories based on mathematical forms, a paragraph-length novel, a scientific report on volcanic fireflies that proliferate in nightclubs. In Latin America it is amicro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz.
A new entry in the lauded Flash and Sudden Fiction anthologies, this collection includes 86 of the most beautiful, provocative, and moving narratives by authors from six continents, including best-selling writer Etgar Keret, Zimbabwean writer Petina Gappah, Korean screenwriter Kim Young-ha, Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, and Argentinian Queen of the Microstory Ana Maria Shua, among many others. Flash has always and everywhere been a form of experiment, of possibility. These brilliantly chosen stories challenge readers to