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200 Shorts Paperback – April 24, 2011

by Salvatore Buttaci (Author)

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Master of the Flash is back! In his new collection of 200 short-short stories, Salvatore Buttaci introduces us to characters hard to forget. In less than 1,000 words they tell stories of humor, hidden emotions, love, nostalgia, violence, time and space travel, and downright horror. The author's flashes appeal to all readers in search of a good read worth the purchase price. It won't be so easy putting this book down.

Print length

238 pages
Language

English
Publication date

April 24, 2011
Dimensions

6 x 0.54 x 9 inches
ISBN-10

0984639241
ISBN-13

978-0984639243
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ All Things That Matter Press (April 24, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0984639241
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0984639243
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.54 x 9 inches

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Salvatore Amico M. Buttaci

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The poems, letters, and stories of Salvatore Buttaci have been published in The New York Times, Newsday, U.S.A. Today, The Writer, Cats Magazine, and widely elsewhere in America and overseas. A retired teacher and professor, he was the recipient of the $500 Cyber-wit Poetry Award in 2007. Buttaci has lectured on Sicilian American pride and conducted poetry workshops and readings.

His collection of 164 short-fiction stories, Flashing My Shorts, is available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/Flashing-My-Shorts-Salvatore-Buttaci/dp/0984259473

His new chapbook Boy on a Swing and other poems is available from http://www.bigtablepublishing.com/chaptitles.html

A Family of Sicilians: Stories and Poems is available from

http://stores.lulu.com/ButtaciPublishing2008

His new collection of flash fiction, 200 Shorts, has just been released by All Things That Matter Press, and is also available from Amazon.com at http://www.amazon.com/200-Shorts-Salvatore-Buttaci/dp/0984639241/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1304168865&sr=1-12

He lives with his wife Sharon in West Virginia.

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Debi

Love the shorts.

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2012

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200 Shorts is just the thing when you don't have much time, it's like grabbing a chocolate chip cookie or two before supper. The problem is one or two turns out not to be enough. I love his flash fiction - he does it so well!

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Jean Rodenbough

Flash Fiction at Its Best

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2011

Sal Buttaci is a master of flash fiction, those short prose pieces that tell a story in two sentences or two pages. This is his second publication of short fiction, and contains for the most part stories of an Italian boy growing up in New York or New Jersey with his immigrant parents and grandparents. I have suspicions that "Antonio Lanzetti" bears sharp resemblance to Sal. The stories abound with incidents in Catholic schoolrooms commandeered by stern Sisters, dangerous characters in the immigrant neighborhoods, pranks played by the narrator and his friends, who manage to stay out of serious trouble in spite of their activities. Other stories, events, and characters abound in this collection as well, however. Some deal with visitors from alien planets, or visions of strange communications. Some imply mystery, some are love stories, some are stories of overt violence, others of gentleness. Of these 200 stories the reader will discover the talent of the author to narrate a story, mostly in first person for immediacy, that keeps the reader with him all the way. This is a collection for those who enjoy brief stories well told, and who will finally come to the close of the book hoping for a third collection by Sal Buttaci.
Jean Rodenbough, author of Rachel's Children: Surviving the Second World War.

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Lab

No Small Feat.

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2011

Flash fiction, like haiku poetry, requires the skill of presenting a world of meaning in a limited word space. Despite the constraint of 1,000 words, a short-short story, a flash, must utilize the same elements of the much longer short story. Each of the 200 shorts in Buttaci's collection begins with a hook to draw readers in, moves smoothly along with strong development to keep them reading, and finally delivers a punch of an ending to send them eagerly on their way to the next flash.

No small feat providing 200 flashes, but Buttaci achieves it with a variety of genres: comedy, crime, horror, love--a smorgasbord of literary delights to please both readers on the move and those at leisure. - Dr. Luke A.M. Brown, author of 'The Non-Silence of the LAMB' and 'Essie's Kids and the Rolling Calf's Series'. The Non-Silence of the LAMB: Family Edition

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Eliza E.

Salvatore: a beautiful writer.

Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2011

Drawing on his Sicilian heritage and his experience as a writer and a teacher, Salvatore Buttaci has excelled in this presentation of 200 SHORTS (flash fiction).

In bite sized stories, and with humor and grace, Salvatore treats us to a compilation which has us laughing, crying, smiling, thinking.

He's a beautiful writer! His last book FLASHING MY SHORTS won much acclaim. Go on: add these books to your reading lists - treat yourself and buy one, or two, or three. Friends will love you and will love the gift you give!

Well deserving of the five stars awarded.

Salvatore - GOD BLESS and keep writing.

Review by Eliza Earsman, author of "A COLLECTION OF VERSE".

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Jlks

A Fun and Unpredictable Collection

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2011

Short 'flash' fiction is a tricky art. A writer has to be able to incorporate the potency of poetry and the plot and character development of a short story. Well, if you want to learn how to do it well, read Buttaci's book. Likewise, if you just want a book of 200 dynamic and riveting stories for sheer entertainment, buy Buttaci's book. It's a great collection for anyone who enjoys a good short story (or 200 of them).

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Speshlk

You'll love these shorts!

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2011

I love short stories and I'm sure you'll find these as good as any shorts get! Salvatore Buttaci is a master at creating a complete story in short form. You'll be amused, enlightened, informed, and delighted by the realism. No one will be sorry they picked up this one ~ it's not to be missed! ~ Kathleen Walker, author of "Bright Lights, Money & Show Biz, Honey"

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