Microfiction

Edited by: Jerome Stern

First line: A short time ago I got a phone call from a men in New York who say the announcement of Florida State University's World's Best Short Story contest.

Why you should read this book: Microfiction, flash fiction, or short short stories are stories that are a lot shorter than you would expect. Some people might use the label for anything under 5 pages, but the stories in this anthology are all under 300 words! These are the winners and finalists from FSU's World's Best Short Story contest, and they contain multitudes. 

Why you shouldn't read this book: I think I read it originally as an undergrad, and I was trying to find some stories that were suitable to help me explain the concept of flash fiction to my elementary students, but there is really nothing in this book that I would share with someone else's 10-year-old.