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Flash Fiction Literary Essay
Flash Fiction, were simply very short stories. According to “Flash Fiction Forward” written by James Thomas and Robert Shepard where they wrote about a genre of writing that has been very popular now and what Flash Fiction actually is. “The Tea Egg” written by Xinhe Shen is a Flash Fiction story that includes what the main characteristics of Flash Fiction is. Flash Fiction is a genre of writing that includes symbolism, a important theme, and brevity.
In “The Tea Egg” written by Xinhe Shen is a story about a girl riding on a train to her uncle's house when she stops at a brand new train station where they are selling tea eggs. She gets instantly mesmerized by the delicacy and gets off the train to buy one but
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