American Flash Fiction: An Anthology

The biggest and best collection of American flash fiction ever assembled reveals the very big imaginative possibilities of very short stories

Featuring 100 genre-spanning and form-bending stories, spanning 160+years; includes literary fiction, speculative fiction, noir, satire, surrealism, humor, horror, parables, fables, and more.

This landmark Library of America anthology presents the best of a century and a half of American storytelling and literary innovation—in 100 bite-sized pieces, from 100 wildly diverse and distinguished authors.

Celebrating the artful brevities of flash fiction from Mark Twain, Stephen Crane, and Zora Neale Hurston to Donald Barthelme, Lydia Davis, and Diane Williams, it recovers some of the little-understood history of the very short story before “flash fiction” was invented, and it gathers the brilliant work of a score of emerging contemporary writers, too. Here are:

Introduced by acclaimed writer, critic, and anthologist David L. Ulin, who explores the origins and creative range of the form, the collection also includes notes on the stories and contributors, and an index....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: David L. Ulin, David L Ulin
• Editore: Library of America
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 22.09.2026
• Categoria: Narrativa > Romanzi
• EAN: 9781598538533
• ISBN: 978-1-59853-853-3
• Numero di pagine: 364
• Categorie: Horror, Romance, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Essays, Mystery, classic, Folklore, Sci-fi, art, Literature, Short Stories, Paranormal, Fiction, Historical, Writing, Philosophy, Collection, anthology, Book Lover, Literary fiction, Picture books, American Literature, Short story collections, Novels, american short stories, book lovers, Anthologies, fiction books, books fiction, realistic fiction books, short stories collections, short story anthology, long story short, book lovers gifts, book lover gifts, gifts for readers, book gifts