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Sean Hill | |
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| Born | Austin, Texas |
| Occupation | writer |
| Genre | Flash Fiction, Twitterature |
| Notable works | Very Short Stories: 300 Bite-Size Works of Fiction |
Sean Hill is an American writer well known for his Twitter feed @veryshortstories, where he posts flash fiction. A print collection of this feed, Very Short Stories: 300 Bite-Size Works of Fiction, was published in 2012. [1] [2]
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