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Stories travel across time and space, inspire joy and sadness, and captivate minds all over the world. Short stories do all that too—in just a few pages. Such brevity is a challenge, but it’s also an opportunity. “The great thing about a short story is that it doesn’t have to trawl through someone’s whole life; it can come in glancingly from the side,” said Emma Donoghue. This month, dear writers, we challenge you to adjust your gaze and tell an entire compelling story in 1,000 words or less.
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