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    <body><![CDATA[Flash fiction, a fiction of extreme brevity, less than 1000 words. Because they are so short, they are poignant and memorable, and this collection of 60 short stories is from many countries, Botswana, Haiti, Cyprus and New Zealand. My favorite was from Canada, Margaret Atwood, &quot;Happy Endings&quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62392853">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great Short short stories from around the world.  Most of these are one or two pages long. Reminds me of the &quot;Dust Devils&quot; section on the back of the Tucson Weekly (had two published myself)  except these are much longer.  The first one just blew me away - about a girl falling off a buildi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22634105">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an excellent collection of short stories.  I read it for my creative writing class, and the pieces were all very enjoyable and interesting.  Made for some good discussion.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Many of these stories did not hold my interest, even for 2-4 pages. But the book is almost worth reading just for &quot;Happy Endings&quot; and &quot;Disappearing.&quot; ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Three stars as in, 'I liked it', but am disappointed in that I felt indifferent towards too many of the stories. My favourite of the series is still, New Sudden Fiction. It now contains way more sticky notes than the others in the collection. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is really an great collection of short stories.  I wish I had it in front of me right now, because there are definitely a few that stand alone (unfortunately, my  knack for recalling details isn't what it should be).  I remember one short story in particular about a group of kids that steal the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13311273">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hit and miss]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy the short short method.  Usually 2-6 pages.  The first story, &quot;The Falling Girl&quot; was my favorite, although I found about 8 more stories in contention.  The international contributions made opening the book for the next story always a new adventure.  Enjoy!]]></body>
    
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