The filmmakers were so inept in their portrayal of any kind of recognizable reality that their creations became a form of grubby science fiction, documentaries about an alternative planet.

NEWYORKER: A Psychotronic Childhood

Not wanting to miss out on this online phenomenon and eager to showcase some new talent, CNN's Spirit of asked readers to come up with their own examples of the form based on a "flash fiction" classic from Ernest Hemingway.

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In fact, victory by Vicente Fox is no longer in the realm of fiction and does not require all opposition parties to form a common front.

ECONOMIST: Letters

If just shy of persuasive, the tale is entertaining, and runs through the recent history of poor Liberia in a more captivating form, for many, than straight non-fiction.

ECONOMIST: New fiction

This week, Heathrow Airport introduced a new form of transport that will look familiar to fans of mid-century science fiction: emission-free, battery operated personal transit pods.

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Because he was writing novels when the form was so new, an argument can be made that Defoe's casting of fiction as fact was simply a daring experiment within an emerging genre.

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Like a gun, charm can be deployed as a form of protection or as a destructive force: you never want your favorite series to become fan fiction about itself.

NEWYORKER: Trigger-Happy