Flash Fiction is when the chapter are very short and usually shorter than 1000 words. This makes each chapter very concise and straight to the point. This can allow the authors to bring in an important thought in each of the chapters and make the books as a whole more compelling.
"Fatal Light" by Richard Currey contains short stories about a soldier's life. This books is about the soldier before, during and after the war. Each chapter gives a different picture about the horrors of the war. For instances chapter 13 showed how a soldier can totally lose it and start to kill even harmless civilians with any remorse. This type of story is in most Vietnam War books, but by using flash fiction the authors can directly show this using short amount of words.
This book was very interesting because even though the chapters were short they still were able to paint a colorful picture of what was going on. It also allowed the readers to understand the pains of the war.
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