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1858:Masih, Tara L., ed. (2009).
1703:"Art & Writing Contests"
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1493:"What Is Flash Fiction?"
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1803:Robert Shapard (2012).
1432:In the summer of 2017,
1221:RamĂłn GĂłmez de la Serna
2966:Denouement/Catastrophe
2947:Rising action/Epitasis
1811:World Literature Today
1423:Dribble Drabble Review
1419:Flash Fiction Magazine
1417:(founded in 2008) and
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1024:Flash Fiction Forward
1016:Flash Fiction America
829:Literature portal
3644:Literary terminology
3639:Flash Fiction awards
2866:Narrative techniques
2646:Story within a story
2458:Supporting character
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2148:on November 11, 2022
2069:Weiss, Beno (1993).
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1411:Flash Fiction Online
1354:In the southwestern
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603:Groups and movements
3571:Political narrative
3413:Unreliable narrator
3270:Speculative fiction
2978:Nonlinear narrative
2926:Three-act structure
2786:Deal with the Devil
2268:Zygmunt Szweykowski
1938:Zygmunt Szweykowski
1925:SmokeLong Quarterly
1899:SmokeLong Quarterly
1562:The Huffington Post
1497:About Entertainment
1491:Catherine Sustana.
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1401:SmokeLong Quarterly
1378:One-Minute Stories.
1311:Helmut HeiĂenbĂŒttel
1303:Heimito von Doderer
1287:KĂŒrzestgeschichten,
1280:Adolfo Bioy Casares
1270:The Italian writer
1249:Juan Pedro Aparicio
1245:La mitad del diablo
1225:José Jiménez Lozano
1035:Harry Ransom Center
884:", 50 words); the "
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3544:Narrative identity
3474:Dominant narrative
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2704:Fictional location
2547:Dramatic structure
2124:One Minute Stories
2015:The New York Times
1895:"Flexible Borders"
1537:on January 2, 2020
1531:The Bridport Prize
1367:Malayalam language
1205:Luis Felipe LomelĂ
1197:Augusto Monterroso
1147:Robert Olen Butler
716:Lists and outlines
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3554:Narrative therapy
2988:television series
2933:Freytag's Pyramid
2776:Moral development
2679:Alternate history
2389:False protagonist
2261:The Polish Review
1617:The Polish Review
1581:The Review Review
1406:Every Day Fiction
1372:Hungarian writer
1363:P. K. Parakkadavu
1276:Jorge Luis Borges
1233:JosĂ© MarĂa Merino
1166:Robert Scotellaro
1107:Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
1099:Richard Brautigan
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