Bollie   10 #1 Posted October 22, 2015 I've looked it up and I still don't understand what the basic difference is between Flash Fiction and Short Stories.  Can anyone help? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
De Batz   10 #2 Posted October 27, 2015 There used to be a 500 word monthly competition on this forum; that I would describe as flash fiction. Once you're up to a few thousand words, you're into the realms of short stories. In very general terms, short stories will range over a thousand to a few tens of thousands of words, although some people would describe this sort of length as a novella.  I suppose I would also say that short stories are recognisably stories, in that they begin, they have a middle and an end. Flash fiction seems to be characterised by not following that convention, but that's only a very limited observation. What's the context? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...