EAST LONGMEADOW, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--How many words can you create using the letters A-C-E-R-S? “Ear,” “Care,” and “Races” are a few of the words that could be unscrambled in this letter puzzle.

Readers of fiction are obsessed with length. The novel is the thing. Short stories will do when they are masterful (O’Connor, Ó Faoláin, Lavin). But flash fiction? Who needs it? Lots of writers and ...