"There are two hundred stories collected in this volume. They are funny, they are thoughtful, they are romantic, they are... More > frightening. To me, though, they are more than entertaining. They are inspiring." - Wil Wheaton, from his introduction.

This second volume of fast fiction contains 200 stories of exactly 200 words in length written by Lee Barnett in responses to challenges issued to him, with titles like "Why I Chose Insanity", "Three Shades of Yesterday" and "Why Is It Orange?", making it another essential read for lovers of short fiction. < Less

Lee Barnett gave other writers, and readers of his blog, a simple challenge... to challenge HIM.He requested: "reply with a... More > title (no longer than four words) about which you'd like me to write a fast fiction of exactly 200 words, along with a word you want me to include in the tale." And the challenges arrived: Stories with titles like "She Killed Me Twice", "The Brain That Exploded", "The Pachyderm Wore Pink" and "Single White Fee Male" with words like "ranunculus", "vaginate" and "carronade".300 stories later, here for the first time in print are 180 of the best. < Less

"There are two hundred stories collected in this volume. They are funny, they are thoughtful, they are romantic, they are... More > frightening. To me, though, they are more than entertaining. They are inspiring." - Wil Wheaton, from his introduction.

This second volume of fast fiction contains 200 stories of exactly 200 words in length written by Lee Barnett in responses to challenges issued to him, with titles like "Why I Chose Insanity", "Three Shades of Yesterday" and "Why Is It Orange?", making it another essential read for lovers of short fiction. < Less

Lee Barnett gave other writers, and readers of his blog, a simple challenge... to challenge HIM.He requested: "reply with a... More > title (no longer than four words) about which you'd like me to write a fast fiction of exactly 200 words, along with a word you want me to include in the tale." And the challenges arrived: Stories with titles like "She Killed Me Twice", "The Brain That Exploded", "The Pachyderm Wore Pink" and "Single White Fee Male" with words like "ranunculus", "vaginate" and "carronade".300 stories later, here for the first time in print are 180 of the best. < Less