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The Southeast Review continues the contest but has increased the maximum to 500 words. [10] In 1996 Stern published Micro Fiction: an anthology of really short stories drawn, in part, from the contest. [11] It was not until 1992, however, that the term "flash fiction" came into use as a category/genre of fiction.
Many other American short story writers greatly influenced the evolving form of the short story. For example, J. D. Salinger's Nine Stories (1953) experimented with point of view and voice, while Flannery O'Connor's well-known story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (1955), reinvigorated the Southern Gothic style. Cultural and social identity ...
A Thousand Deaths (London short story) Jack London: 1899 A Toy for Juliette: Robert Bloch: Dangerous Visions: 1967 A Walk in the Sun (short story) Geoffrey A. Landis: Asimov's Science Fiction: 1991 A Work of Art: James Blish: Science Fiction Stories: 1956 A Year in the Linear City: Paul Di Filippo: 2002 All Summer in a Day: Ray Bradbury
Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French natural scientist and the narrator of the story. Conseil, Aronnax's Flemish servant who is highly devoted to him and knowledgeable in biological classification. Ned Land, a Canadian harpooner, described as having "no equal in his dangerous trade". [7] Captain Nemo, the designer and captain of the Nautilus.
short story: Dave's Rag (1960) Secret Windows (2000) Self-published "The Cursed Expedition" short story: People, Places and Things (1960) Uncollected: Self-published "I've Got to Get Away!" short story: People, Places and Things (1960) Uncollected: Self-published "The Hotel at the End of the Road" short story: People, Places and Things (1960 ...
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Fairy tales are stories that range from those in folklore to more modern stories defined as literary fairy tales. Despite subtle differences in the categorizing of fairy tales, folklore, fables, myths, and legends, a modern definition of the literary fairy tale, as provided by Jens Tismar's monograph in German, [1] is a story that differs "from an oral folk tale" in that it is written by "a ...
The stories are part of Heinlein's Future History. The title story is the tale of an old space mariner reflecting upon his planet of birth. According to an acknowledgement at the beginning of the book, the phrase "the green hills of Earth" is derived from a story by C. L. Moore.