flash fiction

noun

very short works of fiction that are typically no longer than a couple of pages and may be as short as one paragraph.

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Nearby words

flash blindness, flash burn, flash card, flash drive, flash eliminator, flash fiction, flash flood, flash gun, flash in the pan, flash lamp, flash memory

Origin of flash fiction

First recorded in 1990–95

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