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Eight Miniatures on Sudden Fiction in General, and Sudden Fiction Latino in Particular
by Pedro Ponce
10/12/10
Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America. Edited by Robert Shapard, James Thomas, and Ray Gonzales. 336 pages. W.W. Norton. $15.95. 1. My vocation found me in the aisles of a church goods store. I was too young to appreciate the irony of crucifixes and other religious articles being on ... more »
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Mad to Review: Her Notes on his book Mad to Live
by Mary Miller
01/01/09
I read Randall Brown’s prize-winning chapbook Mad to Live in an hour, an hour and a half, and was sorry it didn’t last longer. Soon, no doubt, I will have an entire book of his stories, especially considering how quickly Flume Press sold out of the 500 copies printed. And with good reason—these 18 flash ... more »
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Blowing Minds
by Myfanwy Collins
05/09/08
A Peculiar Feeling of Restlessness: Four Chapbooks of Short Short Fiction by Four Women (Rose Metal Press, April 2008) more »
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Little Is the New Big: The BPL Celebrates 4,000 Years of Tiny Books
by Kimberly Sanfeliz
06/07/07
Who says size doesn't matter? In the Boston Public Library's current exhibit, "Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures, it certaintly does. And the smaller, the better. more »
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Flash Fiction Forward
by Cara Blue Adams
03/20/07
Flash Fiction Forward: 80 Very Short Stories James Thomas and Robert Shapard, eds. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 2006 237 pp. Trade Paperback. $15.95 more »