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Spoken Arts: Flash Fiction

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published January 23, 2006 at 4:00 AM EST

By Sarah Campbell

Buffalo, NY – One hundred years ago, a special breed of short story -- the short, short story -- was described by one writer as "palm-of-your-hand stories." Today, they're known as "flash fiction."

Sarah Campbell has more in today's Spoken Arts. Click the "listen" icon above to hear it now or use your podcasting software to download it to your computer or iPod.