Finishing up w/ Small Fictions

First, may I say that you guys have written some awesome A-Z flash fictions? Thanks for sharing.

I'd like you to use this space this week to make some final statements about the flash (or small or micro) fiction. What are some qualities that you've noticed about this genre? How is it different from/ the same as fiction you've been familiar w/ in the past? Phong Nguyen, editor of Pleiades, defines flash fiction in his interview on p. 140, says that successful flashes "suggest a much larger context--a story that is far vaster than the words on the page." Apply this criteria to any flash in the collection that you've been drawn to for whatever reason. How does this story achieve this effect? Quote a specific line or section that points to words/events/images outside the frame of the story.

Nguyen also says that flashes establish voice quickly and are experimental by nature. How does this story establish voice quickly? At what sentence and why? How is it experimental (i.e. different (or weirder) than other fiction you've read)?