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1-2: Landscape and Temporality in Short Fiction, Part 2
  • ISSN: 2043-0701
  • E-ISSN: 2043-071X

Abstract

In this roundtable interview, Michelle Ryan, Ailsa Cox and Elke D’hoker, the founders of the European Network for Short Fiction Research (ENSFR), reflect on the network’s achievements over the past ten years. They discuss the context in which the ENSFR was created, its goals, its members and its future, as well as its unique relationship with the and .

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2025-06-18
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