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Flash Fiction America: 73 Very Short Stories

James Thomas,Sherrie Flick,John Dufresne
Flash Fiction America 73 Very Short Stories Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Sherrie Flick,John Dufresne
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-02-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393358032

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Flash Fiction America: 73 Very Short Stories by James Thomas,Sherrie Flick,John Dufresne Pdf

A spectacular new anthology of the best short-short fiction from across the United States. It has been more than thirty years since the term “flash fiction” was first coined, perfectly describing the power in the brevity of these stories, each under 1,000 words. Since then, the form has taken hold in the American imagination. For this latest installment in the popular Flash Fiction series, James Thomas, Sherrie Flick, and John Dufresne have searched far and wide for the most distinctive American voices in short-short fiction. The 73 stories collected here speak to the diversity of the American experience and range from the experimental to the narrative, from the whimsical to the gritty. Featuring fiction from writers both established and new, including Aimee Bender, K-Ming Chang, Bonnie Jo Campbell, Bryan Washington, Robert Scotellaro, and Luis Alberto Urrea, Flash Fiction America is a brilliant collection, radiating creativity and bringing together some of the most compelling and exciting contemporary writers in the United States.

Flash Fiction Forward

James Thomas,Robert Shapard
Flash Fiction Forward Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Robert Shapard
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393328023

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Flash Fiction Forward by James Thomas,Robert Shapard Pdf

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.

Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World

James Thomas,Robert Shapard,Christopher Merrill
Flash Fiction International Very Short Stories from Around the World Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Robert Shapard,Christopher Merrill
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393352429

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Flash Fiction International: Very Short Stories from Around the World by James Thomas,Robert Shapard,Christopher Merrill Pdf

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.

Flash Fiction

James Thomas,Denise Thomas,Tom Hazuka
Flash Fiction Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Denise Thomas,Tom Hazuka
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Flash fiction, American
ISBN : 0393033619

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Flash Fiction by James Thomas,Denise Thomas,Tom Hazuka Pdf

"How short can a story be and still truly be a story? This volume of seventy-two very short fictions, none much more than 750 words in length, demonstrates to our repeated satisfaction that less can be more, small can stand tall, and the diminutive can be dynamically and dramatically complete." "Here for enjoyment and study are very short pieces by acknowledged modern masters--including Raymond Carver, Richard Brautigan, Margaret Atwood, Julio Cortazar and Tim O'Brien--as well as fiction by newer talents, who have embraced the short form with much gusto and considerable grace." "With a rich variety of stories and authors, subjects and styles and sensibilities, these flashes of fiction make for eclectic--and often electric-- reading. The volume is a must for readers and writers, indeed for anyone interested in the finely sharpened edge of contemporary literature."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Sudden Fiction

Robert Shapard,James Thomas
Sudden Fiction Book PDF

Author : Robert Shapard,James Thomas
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0879052651

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Sudden Fiction by Robert Shapard,James Thomas Pdf

Presents over seventy short stories five pages long or less by such American authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ray Bradbury, Langston Hughes, and Raymond Carver, and includes authors' commentary on the genre.

Flash Fiction Forward

James Thomas,Robert Shapard
Flash Fiction Forward Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Robert Shapard
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393328028

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Flash Fiction Forward by James Thomas,Robert Shapard Pdf

The eagerly anticipated anthology from the editors who coined the term “flash,” with stories by today’s best fiction writers. After publication of the first Flash Fiction anthology over a decade ago, “flash” became part of the creative writing lexicon for readers, writers, students, and teachers. In this follow-up collection, the editors once again tackle the question: “How short can a story be and truly be a story?” Determined to find the best flashes from America in the twenty-first century, James Thomas and Robert Shapard searched everywhere for stories that were not merely good but memorable. Moving, and certainly unforgettable, this collection includes stories from the best and most popular fiction writers of our time, including Ron Carlson, Robert Coover, Steve Almond, Amy Hempel, A. M. Homes, Grace Paley, and Paul Theroux. In addition, Rick Moody properly defines armoire, Lydia Davis delves into a world of cats, and Dave Eggers explores narrow escapes. Over and over, these stories prove that often less is more.

New Sudden Fiction

Robert Shapard,James Thomas
New Sudden Fiction Book PDF

Author : Robert Shapard,James Thomas
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393328015

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New Sudden Fiction by Robert Shapard,James Thomas Pdf

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Esther Stories

Peter Orner
Esther Stories Book PDF

Author : Peter Orner
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316224697

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Esther Stories by Peter Orner Pdf

The discovery of a murdered man in a bathrobe by the side of a road, the destruction of a town's historic City Hall building, and the recollection of a cruel wartime decision are equally affecting in Orner's vivid and intimate gaze. The first half of the book concerns the lives of unrelated strangers across the American landscape, and the second introduces two very different Jewish families, one on the East Coast, the other in the Midwest. Yet Orner's real territory is memory, and this book of wide-ranging and innovative stories remains an important and unique contribution to the art of the American short story.

Reconsidering Happiness

Sherrie Flick
Reconsidering Happiness Book PDF

Author : Sherrie Flick
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780803225213

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Reconsidering Happiness by Sherrie Flick Pdf

Leaving her New England family and bakery job to pursue a new life in Des Moines, restless twenty-three-year-old Vivette corresponds with a fellow seeker of a meaningful life throughout a cross-country journey marked by secrets, decisions, and compromises shared over pool tables, postcards, and shots of whiskey. Original.

Tall Tales & Short Stories

Emma Kalson
Tall Tales Short Stories Book PDF

Author : Emma Kalson
Publisher : Escaped Ink Press
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Tall Tales & Short Stories by Emma Kalson Pdf

Tall Tales & Short Stories showcases 50 excellent flash fiction stories that take you on a multi-genre voyage of discovery across space, time and place. Despite their brevity, these tiny tales get right to the heart of what makes us human. They'll tug at your heart strings, horrify, amuse and make you think, the words lingering in your mind long after you finish reading. A collection of talented authors, known names and new, from across the planet have penned compelling stories of birth, love and lust, heartache and revenge, death and the afterlife. Throw in aliens and angels, alcoholic bulls and alternative histories, hauntings and huntings, oh and a cowbot! What's not to love about this anthology? This inaugural flash fiction compilation from Escaped Ink Press features Amber M. Simpson, Amy L. Bethke, Andrew Paul Grell, Avra Margariti, Carolyn Barnard, Charlotte O'Farrell, Copper Rose, David Perlmutter, Derek McMillan, Desiree R. Kannel, G. Allen Wilbanks, GB Burgess, Geraldine McCarthy, HC Hsu, J. Bradley, James Russell, Jared Cappel, Jay Adair, Joel R Hunt, John Sheirer, Joseph Olamide Babalola, Kelly A. Harmon, Kelly Matsuura, Laura Elisa Vizcaíno (translated by Toshiya Kamei), Lucia Orellana Damacela, Mark Jacobson, Mark Kodama, Mary K. Ryan, Nancy Brewka-Clark, Natasha Cabot, Norbert Góra, P.A. O'Neil, P.C. Vandall, Paul Beckman, Philip CK, Ray Daley, Richard Grahn, Robert Kibble, Roberta Beach Jacobson, Russell Smeaton, Seamus Ludendorff, Shashi Kadapa, Shawn M. Klimek, Simon Lee-Price, Stephen V. Ramey, Steven Gowin, Swara Shukla, Vonnie Winslow Crist and Zak Jane Keir.

New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

James Thomas,Robert Scotellaro
New Micro Exceptionally Short Fiction Book PDF

Author : James Thomas,Robert Scotellaro
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393354713

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New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction by James Thomas,Robert Scotellaro Pdf

A new collection of very short stories selected by Flash Fiction editor James Thomas and Robert Scotellaro. All of the stories in this book are exceptionally short, revealing themselves in no more than 300 words. With a foreword by Robert Shapard and an afterword by Christopher Merrill, this book brings you fresh approaches to an exacting form that demands precision, a species of brevity that is surprisingly expansive. Writers say the pieces are hard to compose, but readers say they are easy to appreciate, a pleasure to envision, a wonder to watch life spun out and painted in small places. Real and surreal, lyrical and prosaic, here are 135 stories by 89 authors, certain to make you think.

The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story

John Freeman
The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story Book PDF

Author : John Freeman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781984877819

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The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story by John Freeman Pdf

A selection of the best and most representative contemporary American short fiction from 1970 to 2020, including such authors as Ursula K. LeGuin, Toni Cade Bambara, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sandra Cisneros, and Ted Chiang, hand-selected by celebrated editor and anthologist John Freeman In the past fifty years, the American short story has changed dramatically. New voices, forms, and mixtures of styles have brought this unique genre a thrilling burst of energy. The Penguin Book of the Modern American Short Story celebrates this avalanche of talent. This rich anthology begins in 1970 and brings together a half century of powerful American short stories from all genres, including—for the first time in a collection of this scale—science fiction, horror, and fantasy, placing writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Ken Liu, and Stephen King next to some beloved greats of the literary form: Raymond Carver, Grace Paley, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Denis Johnson. Culling widely, John Freeman, the former editor of Granta and now editor of his own literary annual, brings forward some astonishing work to be regarded in a new light. Often overlooked tales by Dorothy Allison, Percival Everett, and Charles Johnson will recast the shape and texture of today’s enlarging atmosphere of literary dialogue. Stories by Lauren Groff and Ted Chiang raise the specter of engagement in ecocidal times. Short tales by Tobias Wolff, George Saunders, and Lydia Davis rub shoulders with near novellas by Susan Sontag and Andrew Holleran. This book will be a treasure trove for readers, writers, and teachers alike.

Sudden Fiction (continued)

Robert Shapard,James Thomas
Sudden Fiction continued Book PDF

Author : Robert Shapard,James Thomas
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393313425

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Sudden Fiction (continued) by Robert Shapard,James Thomas Pdf

Collected from nearly two hundred international magazines, an anthology of short stories covers a wide range of themes and includes the works of William Maxwell, Margaret Atwood, and Don DeLillo

In Our Time

Ernest Hemingway
In Our Time Book PDF

Author : Ernest Hemingway
Publisher : Aegitas
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780369406897

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In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway Pdf

In Our Time is the title of Ernest Hemingway's first collection of short stories, published in 1925 by Boni & Liveright, New York, and of a collection of vignettes published in 1924 in France titled in our time. Its title is derived from the English Book of Common Prayer, "Give peace in our time, O Lord". The stories's themes – of alienation, loss, grief, separation – continue the work Hemingway began with the vignettes, which include descriptions of acts of war, bullfighting and current events. The collection is known for its spare language and oblique depiction of emotion, through a style known as Hemingway's "theory of omission" (iceberg theory). According to his biographer Michael Reynolds, among Hemingway's canon, "none is more confusing ... for its several parts – biographical, literary, editorial, and bibliographical – contain so many contradictions that any analysis will be flawed."

Punk Fiction

Janine Bullman
Punk Fiction Book PDF

Author : Janine Bullman
Publisher : Anova Books
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1906032661

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Punk Fiction by Janine Bullman Pdf

Punk Fiction is an anthology of short stories, poems and illustrations submitted by an impressive line up of contributors. Each piece of work shares one unifying theme – everything included in this collection will be inspired by a punk rock song. The book will open with a foreword by former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Contributors have been hand-picked from the generations that followed the punk revolution; those at the forefront of contemporary popular culture, who have been (and are still being) influenced by the movement, rather than punk’s original vanguard. Though they are drawn mainly from music, those involved also embrace all corners of the arts and include some of the most exciting contemporary authors around. The book will act as proof (if any were needed) that the punk rock legacy was not merely musical but that the stones it cast upon the surface of cultural life created ripples that reached into every corner, and exerted a force that continues to this day. All proceeds raised by the book will be donated to The Teenage Cancer Trust. The book has already been guaranteed the lead review in Mojo magazine on release, as well as the front page of MySpace, which reaches eight million registered users. NME, Q and The Guardian will also support the book’s publication. Due to the list of contributors it is sure to garner substantial media interest. It is also worth bearing in mind that large fanbases will be accessed via many of the contributors’ mailing databases, for example Bloc Party, who currently have a database of 60,000 fans to whom the book will be heavily publicised.