What is flash fiction? Well, everyone knows what fiction is: a story with non-real people and events. So, it only makes sense that "flash fiction" is a fictitious story that can be read in a "flash." ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Boris Kachka, the books editor at the Los Angeles Times, and I’m in the mood for fiction — lots of it. Fortunately, my TBR ...