Brevity

"Brevity is the soul of wit," is a phrase used by Shakespeare. With conscious irony, he gave it to the most tedious character in Hamlet. His name was Polonius. He was stabbed through the arras which was apparently a risk in those days.For flash fiction, it is a good rule of thumb. Everything which is unnecessary is eliminated. The result is better fiction which is much easier to read.This is a collection of short stories. Some of them are flash fiction which means they are under a thousand words in length.