short short story

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short short story (plural short short stories)

  1. A work of fiction that is briefer than typical short stories.
    • 1936, E. M. Vickrey, “The Integration of Composition and the Short Story”, in Peabody Journal of Education, volume 13, number 4, page 182:
      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.

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