anti-stories

A form of anti-story — A work of fiction in which the author breaks in some way the conventional rules of storytelling, usually with some feature (for example, a lack of plot or characters, unusual subject or presentation, etc.) that strongly challenges the reader's expectations.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of anti-story
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