闪小说考“闪小说”这一术语是从英文flash fiction翻译而来。关于flash fiction,西方学者认为是小说的极短形式。但是对究竟多短才是flash fiction却有不同看法,从几十个英文单词到上千单词的都有。有一些文章认为flash fiction和Sudden Fiction(瞬间小说)、microfiction(微型小说)、postcard fiction(明信片小说)和short short story(小小说)不过是一种文体的不同叫法,都可以统称为Flash Fiction。但是也有若干编选者在编选 Flash fiction test “flash novel ” is the term translated from the English flash fiction come. With respect to flash fiction, Western scholars consider it an extremely short form of the novel. But how short is flash fiction have different views, from dozens of English words to thousands of words have. Some articles suggest that flash fiction and Sudden Fiction, microfiction, postcard fiction and short short story are but a different style of stylistic work and are collectively referred to as Flash Fiction . But there are also a few editors who are in the process of editing