Flash Fiction

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category. Some self-described markets for flash fiction impose caps as low as three hundred words, while others consider stories as long as a thousand words to be flash fiction.

In one particular format, established by Steve Moss, editor of San Luis Obispo New Times, the requirement is 55 words; no more and no fewer. Another, unspecified but frequently held, requirement is that the title may be no more than seven words. Hyphens do not alter the word-count (
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Gina Barreca
All good writing reflects and illuminates life; Fast Fallen Women holds up a compact mirror. You might well see yourself.
Gina Barreca, Fast Fallen Women: 75 Essays of Flash NonFiction

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Once upon a time in the east, there was a spider who moved to the west.
Angelina Souren, FCQ

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