Twitter (Really Short) Fiction

Saw an interesting article at Salon.com on Twitter fiction, thought I'd pass it along.

The concept of serialized, extremely short stories is nothing new. In fact it's popularity as exploded in Japan recently, driven by the large numbers of cell-phone toting young women with ravenous literary appetites.
A recent (Keitai shosetsu) cellphone novel publication by a noted Japanese author sold more than 3.5 million copies.

The stories themselves are brief and use texting lingo. Talk about interacting with your favorite author, in Japan authors will actually craft their story from e-mails received during the creative process.

This type of social interaction during the creative process means readers have a vested interested in the story they are consuming. Anything that creates a tighter bond between the artist and their audience is a good thing.