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May 10, 2015

Blink-long stories

May 10, 2015/ Ant Gray
Blink-long stories

A super short piece about super short pieces, including the shortest novel ever written (supposedly).

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May 10, 2015/ Ant Gray/
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"Knock" (Story), “Cull” (Story), Blaise Pascal, Book clubs, David Gaffney, Ernest Hemingway, Flash fiction, Fredric Brown, Hint fiction, L-R- Bonehill, Margaret Atwood, Micro fiction, Rebecca Miller, Robert Swartwood, Smoke longs, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
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