Sloths and dogs, hummingbirds and guppies, mayflies and mitesSloths and dogs, hummingbirds and guppies, mayflies and mites
“I usually compare the novel to a mammal, be it wild as a tiger or tame as a cow; the short story to a bird or a fish; the micro story to an insect (iridescent in the best cases).” – Luisa Valenzuela (as quoted in Robet Shapard’s “The Remarkable Reinvention of Very Short Fiction”)