Sudden Stories: The MAMMOTH Book of Miniscule Fiction [Paperback]

Dinty W. Moore (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2003

Fiction. The stories in this book are all 350 words or less, give or take a few words. "There may be a difference between flash fiction and prose poems, but I believe the researchers still haven't found the genes that differentiate them"--Denise Duhamel. Bret Lott describes sudden stories, otherwise known as flash fiction, as "a moment stripped of everything to reveal truly, deeply, a matter of life and death." SUDDEN STORIES includes work by Molly Giles, Aimee Bender, Virgil Suarez, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Melanie Rae Thon.

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About the Author

Dinty W. Moore is the author of Toothpick Men, The Accidental Buddhist, and The Emperor's Virtual Clothes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Mammoth Books (April 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0971805954
• ISBN-13: 978-0971805958
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #985,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dinty W. Moore was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, and spent his formative years fishing for bluegill, riding a bike with a banana seat, and dodging the Sisters of St. Joseph. He earned a BA in writing from the University of Pittsburgh, worked briefly as a journalist, and also served short stints as a documentary filmmaker, modern dance performer, zookeeper, and Greenwich Village waiter. It was only after failing at each of these professions that he went on to earn an MFA in fiction writing from Louisiana State University.

A National Endowment for the Arts fellowship recipient, Moore has guest taught creative nonfiction seminars across the United States and in Europe. In addition to editing the internet journal, Brevity, he is on the editorial board of Creative Nonfiction magazine.

Moore teaches writing at Ohio University and serves on the Board of Directors of The Association of Writers & Writing Programs.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Captivating, interesting, and entertaining!, July 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sudden Stories: The MAMMOTH Book of Miniscule Fiction (Paperback)

While all the stories are brief, they're not for readers with short attention spans. Many of them are truly sudden. That is, they take you by surprise and give you a new way of looking at the whole idea of "brevity." Let's face it: most of life takes place in tiny moments, and the best stories here capture that to a "t." I give this fine and fun book "only" four stars because some of the pieces don't really seem like fiction but read instead like so-called "creative non-fiction" or the infernal memoir. In any case, buy, read, and enjoy!

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars once again, the genius of TOM BRADLEY carries an anthology, July 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Sudden Stories: The MAMMOTH Book of Miniscule Fiction (Paperback)

This whole book is a sheer marvel and delight--and, as usual with the many anthologies in which his uncanny writing appears, the pole star, the capstone, the cynosure of every eye, is TOM BRADLEY'S bit, "Hugh of Provo." In a few dozen words it manages to be horrifying and hilarious, as the little neighbor girl "seeps through the drapes in vaporous form" and reintegrates on Tom's chest, to whisper offputting things in his ear. Dinty Moore is to be congratulated and envied (he will definitely be remembered) for publishing TOM BRADLEY.