Brevity and Echo: An Anthology of Short Short Stories

Fiction. Edited by Abigail Beckel and Kathleen Rooney. Introduction by Ron Carlson.BREVITY & ECHO is an essential anthology of previously published short shorts by Emerson College alumni. BREVITY & ECHO broadens the scope of this rich and expanding genre with a wide range of flash fiction styles, and celebrates of the continuing legacy of Emerson's writing program. The anthology contains work by Don Lee, Denise Duhamel, Lee Harrington, and many more, as well as an introduction by Ron Carlson and an afterword by Pamela Painter. These tiny fictions — the longest weighing in at 1400 words and the shortest at just 55 — appeared originally in the pages of such books and journals as McSweeney's, StoryQuarterly, Quick Fiction, What If?, Night Train, failbetter, and Best American Non-Required Reading.

• Author
• Abigail Beckel, Kathleen Rooney, Chip Cheek, Amy L. Clark, Kirsten Culbertson, Mark Decarteret, Erin Dionne, Denise Duhamel, Elizabeth Kemper French, Lee Harrington, Jen Heller, Chris Helmuth, Derrick Ableman, Steve Himmer, Brian Hinshaw, Jacqueline Holland, Amanda Holzer, Shannon Huffman, John F. Kersey, Laurel Dile King, Mariette Landry, Molly Lanzarotta, Joann Avallon, Matt Marinovich, Melissa McCracken, Sheehan McGuirk, LaTanya McQueen, Maryanne O Hara, Janice O Leary, Josh Pahigian, Jennifer Pieroni, Robert Repino, Rusty Barnes, Ashley Rice, Matt Rittenhouse, Joe Robb, Beth Anne Royer, Brian Ruuska, Mary Saliba, Nina R. Scheider, Kimberly Ann Southwick, R.S. Steinberg, Cam Terwilliger, Jane Berentson, Laura van den Berg, Stace Budzko, Leslie Busler, Jennifer Carr, Keith Carter, Don Lee, Tara Lynn Masih

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 168

• Publisher
• Rose Metal Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780978984809

• Release date
• 2006