For those that follow @MicroSFF on Twitter, you already know what this is about.
For those of you new to this idea:
When one writes a very short story constrained by 140 characters (now up to 280 characters) then one chooses their words VERY carefully. The magic here is just how much information is packed into those short sentences. Almost like MicroSFF took a large file and zipped it into a tiny archive.
Each person that reads the story may have their own expression of thought about what that story really means, and that my friends is the true beauty of this collection.
Many of these stories will seem shallow, until you wake up at 3AM and realize the deeper implications of what you read. That story unfolds, expands in your mind and you begin to extend it along logical or emotional paths. You become a partner in the dialog, the ideas. And you realize that this path may be unique to you, that it stimulated something already in your mind.
I feel that reading these micro-stories is best done at a slow pace. I might almost suggest that a serious reading of this book be paced at about one story per day . . . because each story - when you allow the time - will unfold in detail in your mind from the compressed limitations of the media. If you read all the stories at one sitting, without time to reflect, you might miss out on the expansion that occurs in your mind.
I loved this book, only hope that we might see more collections in the future - as there is a vast wealth of these stories that @MicroSFF has tweeted over the years.
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Top reviews from other countries
Mr. T. Wright
Excellent short science fiction story collection
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2020
Sebana Herzog
Meisterhafte Kleinstgeschichten.
Reviewed in Germany on October 24, 2019Colette
Thought-provoking and fun
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2019Miss Corinne Pritchard
Great collection of the shortest of short stories
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2019Sorsha Jan
Micro with big ideas - 5 sentences and a whole new world
Reviewed in Germany on July 22, 2019