Hint Fiction

In November Norton is releasing Hint Fiction, an anthology of super-short (25 word or less) stories edited by Robert Swartwood.  Each story reveals only the slightest slice of a much larger and complex tale, enabling the reader to ponder what that larger story might be.  In the introduction Swartwood describes things a story of any length should accomplish, qualities he looked for in the anthology's stories:

• Be entertaining
• Be thought-provoking
• Evoke an emotional response

Swartwood describes the stories he chose as worlds in themselves.  A world in 25 words or less?  That's an accomplishment!  I can't wait to get my hands on a copy.