Literature Online--English 112

Understanding Fiction: The Short Story

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Welcome to the Fiction Web for VCCS Literature Online. Everyone enjoys sharing or reading a good story. Storytelling is a type of literature called fiction. Fiction is one of the major literary genres.

Fiction is a familiar term for stories that come from our imaginations or that are told with imaginative flourishes to make them interesting to others. As a literary term, fiction usually refers to narratives that present characters in a time of crisis. Fiction can be in the form of novels or short stories.

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