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Flash Fiction 3/20/2005 3:20:03 AM
As you can see here, all the stories I present here are Flash Fictions. Some of you asked me what a flash fiction is. I googled a little and came up with the following information, that I got it from :
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Flash fiction, also called sudden fiction, micro fiction, postcard fiction or short-short fiction, is a class of short story of limited word length. Definitions differ but is generally accepted that flash fiction stories are 300 to 1000 words in length. Traditional short stories are 3,000 to 10,000 words in length.
Flash fiction differs from vignettes in that the works contain the classic story elements: protagonist, conflict, obstacles and resolution. However, unlike a traditional short story, the limited word length often forces some of these elements to be unwritten, that is, hinted at or implied in the written storyline.
Flash fiction has roots leading back to Aesop's Fables and authors include Anton Chekhov, O Henry, Franz Kafka and Ray Bradbury. The Internet has brought new life to flash fiction with its demands for short, concise works. Ezines are a ready market for flash fiction works.
One type of flash fiction is the short story with an exact word count. An example is 55 Fiction or Nanofiction. These are complete stories, with at least one character and a discernible plot, exactly 55 words long. Another is the Drabble, named after Phil Drabble, exactly 100 words excluding titles. Storybytes.com is a web site and email newsletter with stories whose lengths are powers of 2.
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