Microfiction is very short fiction, usually around 300 words long. Although extremely short, it should tell a complete story, with characters, setting, conflict, and resolution. The presence of all the elements of story differentiates microfiction from the vignette.
Microfiction requires a very dense, punchy style, sometimes compared to a poem in prose. Every single word must be essential to the story. There is no room in microfiction for flowery language or digression.
Synonyms for microfiction include short short story and flash fiction. The latter term is particularly common in the genres of science fiction and fantasy, in which there several sub-genres of extremely short stories. Some science fiction short-short subgenres require the story to also function as a joke, such as the Feghoot .
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