How short can a story be and still truly be a story? This volume of 75 very short fictions, none more than 750 words in length, demonstrates that less can be more. Here are short pieces by masters such as Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, and Tim O'Brien, as well as fiction by newer talents.
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (4) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (3) |
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28 | (3) |
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31 | (3) |
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34 | (3) |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (3) |
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44 | (3) |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (3) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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66 | (3) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (3) |
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Vision Out of the Corner of One Eye |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (3) |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (2) |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (3) |
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94 | (3) |
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97 | (3) |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (3) |
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108 | (3) |
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111 | (3) |
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114 | (3) |
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117 | (3) |
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How to Touch a Bleeding Dog |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (3) |
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The Burlington Northern, Soutbbound |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (3) |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (4) |
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What Happened during the Ice Storm |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (4) |
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The Nicest Kid in the Universe |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (2) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (2) |
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161 | (2) |
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A Moment in the Sun Field |
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163 | (2) |
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The Philosophical Cobbler |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (3) |
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170 | (3) |
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173 | (3) |
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176 | (3) |
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Snapshot, Harvery Cedars: 1948 |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (3) |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (4) |
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191 | (3) |
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194 | (4) |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (2) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (4) |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (2) |
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