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This brilliant new anthology collects 86 of the most beautiful, provocative and moving flash fiction narratives, which are very short stories usually no more than 750 words, from around the world that challenge readers to expand their horizons and celebrate both the local and universal. Original.What is a flash fiction called in other countries? In Latin America it is a micro, in Denmark kortprosa, in Bulgaria mikro razkaz. 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. Flash has always-and everywhere-been a form of experiment, of possibility. 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. These brilliantly chosen stories challenge readers to

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Author

Thomas, James; Shapard, Robert (editor); Merrill, Christopher

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393346077

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

3.83 / 5 (177 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13