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Esam Abou-El Magd

Flash Fiction

Very short stories for an impatient age

Many days seem too short to give yourself over completely to reading a novel. Or to writing one. For those moments, and in that mood, very short stories come into being – known as flash fiction or sudden fiction. Unlike a novel, at roughly 600 to 1,300 words they are intense narratives you can take in at a glance. A selection of around thirty of them is planned for publication.

A selection of some thirty very short stories is planned as a book for late 2027 or 2028.
words per story
600–1.300
words per story
reading time
3–6 min
reading time
stories in the planned collection
~30
stories in the planned collection
Also known as
Sudden fiction · Micro fiction · Short short story

To get acquainted

Two stories, free

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Rausch

Heidelberg in December. A student has been waiting weeks for a reply from the university, until one Friday evening the pull of a basement pub draws him out of his room.

approx. 6 min1,294 wordsHeidelberg, Studium, Kennenlernen

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Der allergrößte Erfolg

A cat with too short a tail, a manor house full of housemates and a window unreachably high above the vine. A story about tics, belonging and the courage to climb anyway.

approx. 3 min656 wordsKatze, Gemeinschaft, Selbstüberwindung

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