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Micro Fiction

Author : Jerome H. Stern
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393039689
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Micro Fiction written by Jerome H. Stern and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ten years ago, Jerome Stern, director of the writing program at Florida State, initiated the World's Best Short Short Story Contest. Stories were to be about 250 words long; first prize was a check and a crate of oranges. Two to three thousand stories began to show up annually in Tallahassee, and National Public Radio regularly broadcast the winner. But, more important, the Micro form turned out to be contagious; stories of this "lack of length" now dot the literary magazines. The time seemed right, then, for this anthology, presenting a decade of contest winners and selected finalists. In addition, Stern commissioned Micros, persuading a roster of writers to accept the challenge of completing a story in one page. Jesse Lee Kercheval has a new spin on the sinking of the Titanic; Virgil Suarez sets his sights on the notorious Singapore caning; George Garrett conjures up a wondrous screen treatment pitch; and Antonya Nelson invites us into an eerie landscape. Verve and nerve and astonishing variety are here, with some wild denouements. How short can a Micro be, you wonder. Look up Amy Hempel's contribution, and you'll see.

Micro Stories for a Hectic World

Author : Edward Meiman
Publisher : Edward Meiman
ISBN 13 : 0692246959
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (922 download)

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Download or read book Micro Stories for a Hectic World written by Edward Meiman and published by Edward Meiman. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to read a good story, but just don’t have the time? Want to have something to do while you wait for the bus? Stuck in a doctor’s office with nothing but year old travel magazines? You need a micro story for your hectic world. Micro stories are all a thousand words or less. They take only a few minutes or less to read. Micro Stories for a Hectic World has over one hundred of these stories grouped into seven genres. If you want to read something funny, there are Humor stories galore. Want to be transported to a far off world? Check out the Science Fiction collection. Look at what people are saying about Micro Stories for a Hectic World: I was so excited when I heard about this book that I immediately scheduled a checkup so I could sit in my doctor's office and read these stories as they were meant to be read. - Waiting Woman I am glad that, because the stories are grouped by literary type, I can get my daily balance of genres from one amazing book. - Literary Dietician I counted every word of every story and all of the stories are at or under 1,000 words. Therefore I must conclude that Mr. Meiman has good math skills. - Anonymous Accountant Edward Meiman has been so many places and done so many things it is not surprising he could so easily flow from genre to genre, changing styles as he goes. You can read a guns-a-blazin’ action story and follow it up with a heartwarming tale of love fulfilled. Micro Stories for a Hectic World is indeed a treasure trove of literary fulfillment. For more information on the book and the author, as well as never before published stories, visit: http://www.meiman-ed.com/microstories.

Blue Has No South

Author : Alex Epstein
Publisher : Clockroot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781566568067
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Blue Has No South written by Alex Epstein and published by Clockroot Books. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Their love story ended many years ago. He still writes her name as a solution to crossword puzzle clues of suitable length.” Alex Epstein’s miniature stories are indeed love stories, puzzles, stray clues to puzzles he never finishes, the beginnings or ends of philosophical treatises, parables, jokes, modernized legends, or perhaps a vivid handful of images thrown together, then allowed to disperse. This is a form of which he has been hailed as a master, a form as singular and intricate as a collection of fingerprints. His stories are populated by angels, chess players, mythical figures, Walter Benjamin, Franz Kafka, lovers young and old, writers of disappearing languages; they are set in airports, trains, the sites of legends, hotels, bookstores in countries that no longer exist, dreams. In each, Epstein draws precisely the smallest possible world, and revels in the great possibilities of a single sentence.

My Micro Stories

Author : Adrian A C Johnson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387455427
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book My Micro Stories written by Adrian A C Johnson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-12-19 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Micro Stories - by Adrian A C Johnson. Just 100 words carefully combined to unfold each of 100 stories, housed in this pocket companion. Each fictional tale grabs readers until their unpredictable ending. Give me a few seconds and I'll give you a lifetime memory, a story you are not likely to forget and very likely to share. Come read my Micro Stories Fictional Stories 100 Each.

Best Microfiction 2021

Author : Meg Pokrass
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781949790443
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Best Microfiction 2021 written by Meg Pokrass and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-10 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction. Short Stories. Edited by Meg Pokrass and Gary Fincke with guest editor Amber Sparks. THE BEST MICROFICTION anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer. Co-edited by award-winning microfiction writer/editor Meg Pokrass; and Flannery O'Connor Prize-winning author Gary Fincke; the anthology features Amber Sparks serving as final judge; and one hundred and five of the world's best very short short stories.

Suddenly, a Knock on the Door

Author : Etgar Keret
Publisher : FSG Originals
ISBN 13 : 1466816201
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Suddenly, a Knock on the Door written by Etgar Keret and published by FSG Originals. This book was released on 2012-03-27 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret—declared a "genius" by The New York Times—as one of the most original writers of his generation.

“Karmayogi” and other Micro-Stories

Author : Prof. Dr. Ashok Sachdeva
Publisher : Ukiyoto Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9358469145
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book “Karmayogi” and other Micro-Stories written by Prof. Dr. Ashok Sachdeva and published by Ukiyoto Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These Micro-Stories provide microcosms of Indian society. The stories are extremely illuminating, thought-provoking, and intelligent, and they truly depict societal realities. In epigrammatical style, an idea, thought, or sentiment is presented with accuracy and cohesiveness. These are little tablets containing doses of the pithy pointed and incisive sayings. These micros raise awareness and bring about realization, as well as elicit, arouse, and trigger consciousness. The realization occurs on a social, psychological, or moral level. This understanding develops in the minds of the protagonists, as well as in the readers, and becomes a turning point in their very existence. The anecdotes and episodes give empathetic and incisive satire on the social, personal, and family lives of the characters, who are frequently caught up in some type of upheaval or fall prey to the system. There are ironic twists and turns, and it is generally at the conclusion that some type of truth or realization dawns on them. These stories raise awareness about the loss of ethical and moral values in society, as well as a sense of responsibility, the absence of which has a detrimental effect on the quality of life as a human being. These micros uphold the dignity of human beings while also evoking their situation and existence. These micro-stories have captivated me greatly because of the message they represent, the ideals they instill, the emotions they elicit, the truth that they expose, the morals that they uphold, and the ethics and values that they foster.

Very Short Stories Flash Fiction

Author : James Thomas
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0393308839
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Very Short Stories Flash Fiction written by James Thomas and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 1992-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "These stories are not merely flashes in the pan; there's pay dirt here!" ―DeWitt Henry, editor of Ploughshares

The Quest for Psyche

Author : Beth C. Greenberg
Publisher : Isotopia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 373 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Psyche written by Beth C. Greenberg and published by Isotopia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book #4 of the Cupid’s Fall series is a contemporary reimagining of the Cupid and Psyche myth that will leave you breathless to the very last page. The God of Love is a mess. Heartbroken and unmoored after losing Pan to his Right Love, Cupid knows the only cure is the next all-consuming love the gods will inflict on him. When Aphrodite refuses to hasten Cupid’s next torment, he resorts to a very human approach to relieving his misery – therapy. His online sessions seem to be working until Dr. Mariposa Rey mysteriously cuts him off. Sensing she needs his help, Cupid sets out on a cross-country adventure to Lake Tahoe, where his heart will be inflamed for one last Worthy. What Cupid doesn’t know is that this fourth test will be his one and only chance at Right Love. With the ancient myth of Cupid and Psyche as his guide, Cupid attempts the impossible – a happily eternally after with his reluctant soul mate.

Flash Fiction Forward

Author : James Thomas
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393328028
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Flash Fiction Forward written by James Thomas and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2006 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of bite-sized tales represents the work of some of today's best fiction writers and includes Rick Moody's definition of an armoire, Lydia Davis's sojourn into the world of cats, and Dave Eggers's exploration of narrow escapes. Original.

Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words Or Fewer

Author : Robert Swartwood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393338460
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words Or Fewer written by Robert Swartwood and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects more than one hundred short stories, each with no more than twenty-five words.

Micro Sci-Fi Stories

Author : Ümit Büyükyıldırım
Publisher : Ümit Büyükyıldırım
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Micro Sci-Fi Stories written by Ümit Büyükyıldırım and published by Ümit Büyükyıldırım. This book was released on 2024-03-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micro sci-fi stories, each with an independent plot by Ümit Büyükyıldırım.

Sing to It

Author : Amy Hempel
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1982109114
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Sing to It written by Amy Hempel and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/FAULKER AWARD ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 “All the tawdry details I’m dying for are in these stories, but they’re given out like old sweaters—without shame, without guile. Amy Hempel is the writer who makes me feel most affiliated with other humans; we are all living this way—hiding, alone, obsessed—and that’s ok.” —Miranda July From legendary writer Amy Hempel, one of the most celebrated and original voices in American short fiction: a ravishing, sometimes heartbreaking new story collection—her first in over a decade. Amy Hempel is a master of the short story. A multiple award winner, Hempel is highly regarded among writers, reviewers, and readers of contemporary fiction. This new collection, her first since her Collected Stories published more than a decade ago, is a literary event. These fifteen exquisitely honed stories reveal Hempel at her most compassionate and spirited, as she introduces characters, lonely and adrift, searching for connection. In “A Full-Service Shelter,” a volunteer at a dog shelter tirelessly, devotedly cares for dogs on a list to be euthanized. In “Greed,” a spurned wife examines her husband’s affair with a glamorous, older married woman. And in “Cloudland,” the longest story in the collection, a woman reckons with the choice she made as a teenager to give up her newborn infant. Quietly dazzling, these stories are replete with moments of revelation and transcendence and with Hempel’s singular, startling, inimitable sentences.

Lunar Savings Time

Author : Alex Epstein
Publisher : Clockroot Books
ISBN 13 : 9781566568524
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (685 download)

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Download or read book Lunar Savings Time written by Alex Epstein and published by Clockroot Books. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in Lunar Savings Time slip through time and between dreams and waking, between native tongue and elusive translation, long-dead writers and just-opened books. Alex Epstein has created a masterwork in the finest strokes—stories in which humor, stubborn memory, and strange beauty meet and part ways in less than a page. Through these pages journey a woman who travels back in time to visit a psychoanalyst; Kafka, had he lived and emigrated to Israel after the Holocaust; the wandering Cain; Zen masters, beggars, writers, ghosts. In Epstein’s lyrical philosophy, every imaginative proposition must answer to the burden of history. “He can be placed next to Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Kafka, Borges,” Haaretz has said of Epstein; Lunar Savings Time is his most radical collection yet, a wondrous achievement.

Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World

Author : James Thomas
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393352420
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World written by James Thomas and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling new anthology of the very best very short fiction from around the world. 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 María Shua, among many others. These brilliantly chosen stories challenge readers to widen their vision and celebrate both the local and the universal.

The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories

Author : Shouhua Qi
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611725046
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories written by Shouhua Qi and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Modern Chinese fiction . . . looks to have made a great leap towards the bookshelves of [Western] readers."—Guardian Hugely popular in China, flash fiction is poised to be the most exciting new development in contemporary Chinese literature in a decade. Integrating both vernacular and contemporary styles while embracing new technologies such as text messaging (SMS) and blogging, contemporary Chinese flash fiction represents the voice of a civilization at the brink of a startling and unprecedented transformation. This collection features 120 short-short stories (from 100 to 300 words each), written by some of China's most dynamic and versatile authors. Dong Rui's The Pearl Jacket offers a glimpse of the real and surreal in human evolution, Chen Qiyou's Butterfly Forever brings an ancient Chinese literary motif into a startling modern context, while Liu Jianchao's Concerned Departments mocks the staggering complexity of life in the new urban China. Traditional, experimental, and avant-garde, The Pearl Jacket and Other Stories will reinvigorate the position of young Chinese writers as a major presence in contemporary literature. Their voices breathe new energy into modern Chinese literature, leaving the literary and societal stagnation of the Cultural Revolution behind as a distant memory. Shouhua Qi is an associate professor of English at Western Connecticut State University. He is the author of Red Guard Fantasies and Other Stories and When the Purple Mountain Burns. He is one of the foremost experts (and translators) of the novels of Thomas Hardy.

Microstories

Author : Daniel Brako
Publisher : eBookIt.com
ISBN 13 : 0958049149
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Microstories written by Daniel Brako and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling meets spiritual wisdom in this enchanting collection of tiny fables. As the title suggests, each Microstory is a concise gem, small enough to fit onto a single page of text. Insightful meditation summaries are also included, adding a splash of inspiration to the mix. Since the stories and meditations are all self-contained, MICROSTORIES can be read from start to finish, or by choosing pages at random. Enjoy.