Who do we talk about when we talk about so-called flash fiction? Lydia Davis, mainly. But sometimes Diane Williams as well, at least for those in the know. Her latest collection of short stories, I Hear You’re Rich, contains thirty-three stories in only one-hundred-and-eleven-pages. Her second most recent collection, How High?—That High (2021), is almost identically built. Rarely does a story exceed four pages; the few that do are five. But it’s not only her writing that testifies to her unwavering fidelity to brevity: Williams is the founder and editor of a literary journal, NOON Annual, that publishes short stories of similar stature, including ones by Lydia Davis.
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