A compliment to my 10 Best Dance Shows blog post. Delve deeper with 10 Flash Fiction novels, because it’s really a movement. Laugh, cry, and feel every emotion under the sun in 1500 words or less. It stretches most authors gift of imagination to the maximum. Readers devour this genre because you can read it all in one day and it’s not some marketing exaggeration. You can literally read it in one day.

This article focus on the best shorts that you need to be reading if you haven’t already. Some of the stories will gab you, others wont, but all will be worth the read. Stories that attempt to answer the question of the human condition.

10. AM/PM

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[/one_half]Author: Amelia Gray

Pages: Paperback, 144 pages

ISBN: 978-0977199273

Where to buy it right now: Amazon

What do readers say:

• “Amelia Gray has written 120 short bursts of fiction that are mostly beautiful, thoughtful insights into the hearts of her characters.” – Marc Smith, Amazon Customer. [Review from Amazon]
• “…these brief stills of life glow with poignancy as they deliver cutting insight and reflect on how it is the little things that matter in life, which, in a way, makes this book serves as a metaphor for itself.” – S. Penkevich, Goodreads user. [Review from Goodreads]

9. The Girl In The Converse Shoes

[one_half] [/one_half]Author:  Yaritza Garcia

Pages: ?

ISBN: 2940032981138

Where to buy it right now: Nook | Kobo 

What do readers say:

• “Poor reviews of this book seem to be from people who don’t get the point of flash fiction. However, if you take it for the short cinderella’esque story that it is, it’s rather cute.” – Patricia Hoving, reader. [Review from TRS Books founder]
• “Though its incredibly a short story, but I felt like the message in the book was that sometimes you look hard to find things, but look in front of you and you’ll see it, it was and has been always in front of you, you just never realized it…” – Siham Fitouri, Goodreads user. [Review From Goodreads]

8. 99 Stories Of God

[one_half] [/one_half]Author: Joy Williams

Pages: EBook, 126

ASIN: B00CHTRTS8

Where to buy it right now: Amazon | Kobo 

What do readers say:

• “These are most definitely not traditional stories of God’s intercession with man as read in religious works. These are everyday experiences that reveal the human and seem to border on something other. “ – Sue, Goodreads user. [Review From Goodreads]
• “Joy Williams is a special talent, most of all in the collections of short stories still on my shelf. These are even shorter, a series of vignettes on both real and imaginary circumstances. I’m going through them little by little so as to make them last. Of course they are a “joy” to read.” – Lou Fisher, Amazon customer. [Review From Amazon]
  

7. Hint Fiction

Pages: Paperback, 188

ISBN: 978-0393338461

Where to buy it now: Amazon | Nook | Kobo

What do readers say:

• “It does not take a long time to read each story, however each one plays with your mind and makes you reflect on certain things, which does take up a lot of time.” – Timothy Mok, Amazon customer. [Review From Amazon]
• “Some of the stories are gut-punching. ..” – Natasha, Goodreads user. [Review from Goodreads]

6. This Isn’t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You

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[/one_half]Author:  Jon McGregor

Pages: Paperback, 272 pages

ASIN: B00CC79GRC

Where to buy it now: Amazon | Nook | Kobo

What do readers say:

• “I bought this expecting a coffee table book, but instead found an incredibly multi-dimensional world with relatable characters and brilliant short stories. It more than worth the price.” – Michael Barnum, Amazon customer. [Review from Amazon]
• “This Isn’t The Sort Of Thing That Happens To Someone Like You could be the title of any of Jon McGregor’s four published books. He’s a writer interested in moments that change lives and the legacy of these upon his characters.” – Sam Ruddock, WCN Book Club. [Review From Goodreads]

5. Twenty Stories

[one_half]  [/one_half]Author: Kristin Fouquet

Pages: Paperback, 98 pages

ISBN:  978-1599482149

Where to buy it now: Amazon | Nook | Kobo

What do readers say:

• “Twenty Stories (Rank Stranger Press) beautifully enhances my admittedly limited perception of flapper-era New Orleans, from the speech (“Merci, Mr. Zacher”) to the eats (“Shrimp Remoulade”) to the drink . . .” – Caleb J. Ross, Amazon customer. [Review From Amazon]
• “Ms. Fouquet’s tales grow on you, line-by-line, page-by-page, slowly creeping under the skin, as you dig deeper into the collection.“ – Ken, Goodreads user. [Review from Goodreads]

4. Coffee House Lies

[one_half]  [/one_half]Author: Carly Berg

Pages: Paperback, 210 pages

ISBN: 978-1500439743

Where to see it right now: Amazon (Borrow from the library, prices for this book are getting out of control)

What do readers say:

• “These stories all, in some way, reflect the human condition.” – Mike Robbins, Amazon user. [Review from Amazon]
• “The stories are strange, not normal and extraordinary. I’ve read dozens of short story anthologies this year. And by far this is the most different one!” – Archit Ojha, Goodreads user. [Review From Goodreads]

3. 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories

[one_half] [/one_half]Author: Isaac Asimov and More

Pages: Paperback, 296 pages

ISBN: 978-0380507733

Where to buy it now: Amazon 

What do readers say:

• “If you want light-hearted stories that you can read in a few minutes, this isn’t a bad book.” –  Learner, Amazon customer, [Review From Amazon]
• “Thirty five years after its publication, this book represents a fascinating window into the history of science fiction in the ’60s and ’70s.” – Dan Sutton, Goodreads user. [Review from Goodreads]

2.The 10,000th Day and Other Stories

[one_half]  [/one_half]Author: C.G. Freeman

Pages: Kindle, 131 pages

ASIN: B00XEPDZ5K

Where to buy it now: Amazon

What do readers say:

• “The stories were emotionally moving and refreshing to read.”  – Kazzrak, Amazon customer. [Review From Amazon]
• ” really didn’t know what to expect next. Some were light hearted and fun and others were very thought provoking as well. I’ll continue to look back on these stories as they were a great way to kickstart my day.” – Courtney, Amazon customer. [Review From Amazon]

1. Tiny Crimes

[one_half]  [/one_half]Author: Lincoln Michel

Pages: Kindle Edition, 288 pages

ASIN: B075G3RNRS

Where to buy it now:  Amazon | Nook | Kobo

What do readers say:

• “Each story (around 500 words or less) are very well written, bringing the reader into a whole new lived-in world while never feeling overwhelmed.” – Joe, Amazon Customer. [Review From Amazon]
• “I loved that all the stories were different, each transported you somewhere else briefly.” – Christina, Goodreads user. [Review From Goodreads]

Honorable Mention:

Pages: EBook, 45 pages

Where to buy it now: From Author