Robert Shapard, Ph.D., is a former managing editor of Western Humanities Review. His short fiction has been published in literary magazines, and he has received a G.E./C.C.L.M. Award for Younger Writers. He teaches literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...

 and fiction writing

Fiction writing

Fiction writing is any kind of writing that is not factual. Fictional writing most often takes the form of a story meant to convey an author's point of view or simply to entertain...

 at the University of Hawaii

University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...

. Robert Shapard has been the editor with his colleague James Thomas

James Thomas

James Thomas is the name of:* James Thomas , served as the 23rd Governor of the state of Maryland* James Thomas , civil engineer who was Director of Public Works in Western Australia, 1876–1884* James Thomas , American professional basketball player* James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin...

 of a number of short-short story and flash fiction

Flash fiction

Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the category...

 anthologies, including Sudden Fiction, Sudden Fiction International and Sudden Fiction (Continued)

Sudden Fiction (Continued)

Sudden Fiction : 60 New Short Stories is a collection of short stories published in 1996. It was compiled and edited by Robert Shapard and James Thomas...

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