Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer

by Robert Swartwood, Tara Deal, Donora Hillard, et al.

Book Overview

The stories in this collection run the gamut from playful to tragic, conservative to experimental, but they all have one thing in common: they are no more than 25 words long. Robert Swartwood was inspired by Ernest Hemingway's possibly apocryphal six-word story--"For Sale: baby shoes, never worn"--to foster the writing of these incredibly short-short stories. He termed them "hint fiction" because the few chosen words suggest a larger, more complex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393338460
• ISBN13: 9780393338461
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 6.3"