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flash fiction

style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity
Intangible literary_genre Q5457615
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flash fiction

Summary

flash fiction is a literary genre[1]. It draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #75 of 487).[2]

Key Facts

  • flash fiction's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • flash fiction's instance of is recorded as literary form[4].
  • flash fiction is a type of short prose[5].
  • flash fiction is a type of fiction literature[6].
  • flash fiction is a type of xiaoshuo[7].
  • flash fiction's said to be the same as is recorded as short short story[8].
  • flash fiction's said to be the same as is recorded as short prose[9].
  • flash fiction's topic's main category is recorded as Q13332118[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include literary genre[3] and literary form[4]. Recorded subclass of include short prose[5], fiction literature[6], and xiaoshuo[7].

Why It Matters

flash fiction draws 23 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #75 of 487).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Franz Kafka

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . owlcation.com. owlcation.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). flash fiction. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/flash-fiction
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_flash-fiction_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{flash fiction}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/flash-fiction}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → literary genre, literary form
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Q13332118
    Instance of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007407565305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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