The piece of flash fiction, that I found was by an writer named Kelly Wright. The piece of the fiction, is called "All Mimsy". The piece can be read at http://www.flashfictiononline.com/f20111001-all-mimsy-kelly-wright.html This piece may possibly be summarized, as being about an young girl whom has an encounter with an monstrous creature. One question that I had is "what is the creature? and "were did it come from"?, Also, "what did the creature do to the girl"? and "why was the child alone, when she went into the cellar to find the monster"? I personally found this piece of flash fiction, to be terrifying and interesting at the same time.
When it comes to connections, that I have made to other readings, I would have to say that it reminds me of an Victorian fairy tale. That is due to the fact, that it involves an child having to be the heroine, against an monster. In the story however, there are many questions that are left unresolved. It starts off with the girl going into an dark cellar alone, with only an blade in hand. This may possibly signal that she is planning on killing the intruder. She keeps asking the intruder to come out, were she can personally see him .
When the figure comes into her presence, he is described as being "huge" and "towering". The girl asks the creature"if he wants to speak for himself". The reader could only speculate, as to what the monster has done.
However, the monster never says an single word and only locks eyes with the girl. She then tells him that his "apology has been accepted". It seems as though the girl no longer fears or has never feared the creature. This is due, to the many references to her small status. She is often described as being "wispy" and "tiny". So readers must picture an ethereal, small girl approaching this gigantic creature. Lastly, I cannot connect this story to anything, that has been covered in class. This is due to the fact, that this genre has not been covered before.
I had never heard of flash fiction before, so I found this to be an very interesting genre of writing. In the future, I may possibly look into writing my own personal collection of flash fiction.
Today in class, the topic of flash fiction was discussed. It was mentioned, how this type of writing is quick and to the point. It also encourages the reader to probe and think deeper, on an even greater scale. It is believed that "flash fiction" is almost an genre by itself. However, everyone does not think that this type of writing is good. SOme view it as being outright bad. Lastly, it was mentioned how these stories are very short, sometimes less than one hundred words in all. Also, many an times, this sort of writing is self-published. Charles Dickens would have possibly be this sort of writer. That is due to the fact, that he often published works in an paper, instead of in book format. ALso, there is an argument by many, as to what constitutes good writing and literature?
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