Hint Fiction: An Anthology of Stories in 25 Words or Fewer (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393338461)

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 chain of events. Spare and evocative, these stories prove that a brilliantly honed narrative can be as startling and powerful as a story of traditional length. The 125 gemlike stories in this collection come from such best-selling and award-winning authors as Joyce Carol Oates, Ha Jin, Peter Straub, and James Frey, as well as emerging writers.

Author: Robert Swartwood
ISBN-10: 0393338460
ISBN-13: 9780393338461
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 188
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.30h x 4.50w x 0.50d