Flash Fiction: Cope, Kennedy, Keret, Leacock, Shua, Wilde (Shorter the Better)

YEAR 5, EPISODE 249

TITLE: Flash Fiction (Cope, Kennedy, Keret, Leacock, Shua, Wilde)
DATE: Monday, 1 September

Hi! Welcome to The Shorter the Better, the Short Story Reading Club.

On Monday, 1 September, at eight o’clock in the evening London time, 20:00 GMT we will be discussing some flash fiction pieces / very short short-stories.

Here you have the links to these flash fiction pieces, very short short-stories and one poem:

a- Etgar Keret: The Story About a Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
https://www.fictionadvocate.com/2015/10/19/the-story-about-a-bus-driver-who-wanted-to-be-god/

b- Oscar Wilde: The Disciple.
https://americanliterature.com/author/oscar-wilde/poem/the-disciple

d- Ana María Shua: Gaetulians and Pachyderms
https://wordpress.com/post/percydamiola.wordpress.com/9

e- A. L. Kennedy: Awaiting an Adverse Reaction
https://www.reddit.com/r/shortstoryaday/comments/15uhjxw/awaiting_an_adverse_reaction_by_a_l_kennedy/
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f- Stephen Leacock: Borrowing a Match [1 Page]
https://xpressenglish.com/borrowing-a-match/
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g- Wendy Cope: An Exchange of Letters
https://readalittlepoetry.com/2012/04/28/exchange-of-letters-by-wendy-cope/

Those who have managed to get a place in the meetup will see the link on the right, under the Online Event headline. We are using Google Meet these days--Thank Chet for this!

If you attend, please read the short story beforehand and be ready to join the conversation. Please, take this seriously: IF YOU HAVEN’T READ THE TEXTS OR DON’T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE AN OPINION, please do not show up. Also, any problem on the day of the meeting to log in, please leave a message in the comment section. I usually check if anybody is having any issues.

If for any reason you cannot attend the meeting, please remember to change your RSVP as soon you realise you won’t be able to attend. That will give time to the following person in the waiting list to read the short story and organize their day.

I hope we all will enjoy this short story and the discussion!

Kind regards,

Rosaura