Twitter fiction
هم وبلاگی های عزیز،
اگر در اینترنت عبارات flash fiction یا microfiction را جستجو کنید به نتایج جالبی می رسید.این نوع نوشتن به داستانهای بسیار کوتاه اشاره می کند، هر چند درباره حداکثر تعداد لغات این سبک نوشتاری اختلاف نظر هست.
سایت روزنامه گاردین در تاریخ 12 اکتبر 2012 متن زیر را منتشر کرده است.
مهدی دهقان
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· The Guardian,
Twitter fiction: 21 authors try their hand at 140-character novels
We challenged well-known writers – from Ian Rankin and Helen Fielding to Jeffrey Archer and Jilly Cooper – to come up with a story of up to 140 characters. This is their stab at Twitter fiction.
James Meek
He said he was leaving her. "But I love you," she said. "I know," he said. "Thanks. It's what gave me the strength to love somebody else."
Ian Rankin
I opened the door to our flat and you were standing there, cleaver raised. Somehow you'd found out about the photos. My jaw hit the floor
David Lodge
"Your money or your life!" "I'm sorry, my dear, but you know it would kill me to lose my money," said the partially deaf miser to his wife
AL Kennedy
It's good that you're busy. Not great. Good, though. But the silence, that's hard. I don't know what it means: whether you're OK, if I'm OK.
Helen Fielding
OK. Should not have logged on to your email but suggest if going on marriedaffair.com don't use our children's names as password.