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A short story is a piece of prose fiction.It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.
Access to the Internet has enhanced an awareness of flash fiction, with online journals being devoted entirely to the style. SmokeLong Quarterly , founded by Dave Clapper in 2003, is "dedicated to bringing the best flash narratives to the web whether written by widely published authors or those new to the craft."
A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe; The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver; The Little White Bird by J.M. Barrie; Love That Dog by Sharon Creech; The Lost Diaries of Nigel Molesworth by Geoffrey Willans; The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones by Henry Jones Jr. The Luminous Novel by Mario Levrero [10] Mémoires d'Hadrien (Memoirs of Hadrian) by ...
In literature, a work of fiction can refer to a flash narrative, short story, novella, and novel, the latter being the longest form of literary prose. Every work of fiction falls into a literary subgenre, each with its own style, tone, and storytelling devices. [1]
Poem - a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language—such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre—to evoke meaning; Quest narrative – a story in which the characters must achieve a goal. This includes some illness narratives.
Several Irish short-story anthologies have been published since 2000 to meet the demands of the reading public, for example: the Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2005 and 2007; Irish Short Stories (2011), edited by Joseph O'Connor; Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories (2013), edited and with an introduction by Kevin Barry; The ...
The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment or education to the reader, as well as the development of the literary techniques used in the communication of these pieces.
The Journal of Narrative Technique was the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature's official journal until the founding of Narrative in January 1993. With the founding of the new journal, George and Barbara Perkins ended their tenures as editors of the Journal of Narrative Technique and took up posts as associate editors for Narrative.