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Flash Fiction International

Very Short Stories From Around the World
Oct 08, 2019ReaderinSF rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The below comment is ridiculous. Ok, maybe the collection is a little same-y -- but that has to do with the preferences and sensibility of the editor, NOT any kind of formal inevitability. And, yes, flash has its constraints and those can lead writers toward certain predictable narrative solutions. That's true of any literary form. And to the point about our 'frivolous' times: if there were any truth to that, surely lyric poetry would be flying off the shelves. How many of us have been trained to read closely and with patience? To read what ISN'T on the page? Please stick to reviewing the collection at hand -- don't stoop to trashing an entire literary form.