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    Best Microfiction 2023: Best Microfiction, #5
    Best Microfiction 2023: Best Microfiction, #5
    Best Microfiction 2023: Best Microfiction, #5
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    Best Microfiction 2023: Best Microfiction, #5

    By Pelekinesis

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    The Best Microfiction anthology series provides recognition for outstanding literary stories of 400 words or fewer. Co-edited by award-winning microfiction writer/editor Meg Pokrass, and Flannery O'Connor Prize-winning author Gary Fincke, the anthology features Deb Olin Unferth serving as final judge, four essays & other insights, and eighty-three of the world's best very short short stories.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPelekinesis
    Release dateJul 10, 2023
    ISBN9781949790825
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