short short story

Meanings

nounshort short story (plural short short stories)

literatureA work of fiction that is briefer than a typical short story.
We do not mean the length of the average short story, but rather that of the "short short story" that ranges from 500 to 1200 words.
1936, E. M. Vickrey, “The Integration of Composition and the Short Story”, in Peabody Journal of Education, volume 13, number 4, page 182
Synonyms: short short

nounA work of fiction that is briefer than a typical short story.

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Also see

Estonian mininovell

Finnish mininovelli

Japanese ショートショート

Swedish miniatyrnovell, mininovell

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