Get Shorter: Crime in Flash Fiction.
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What happens to a crime narrative when it is shorter than 500 words? Although critics have studied the flash fiction genre for decades, crime flash fiction has not attracted the attention it deserves. This article explores some ideas from a comparative perspective, looking at selected crime flashes, both recent and further back in time, in English, French and Spanish, and identifies some common features, and also differences with longer crime narratives.
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