What’s your favorite Flash Fiction story?

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"Popular Mechanics" by Raymond Carver. It's maybe a page and a half long.

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I will check it out! Thanks!

“Teaching might seem like a strange occupation to choose, for someone who has never been to school.”

“Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid!

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