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In short stories there's more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it's almost like a poem in that you can come to a lot of meanings within a short space.

Karen Russell
Space, Insightful, Stories
"Karen Russell on the Persistence of the Novelist". Interview with Brian Gresko, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 31, 2011.
In short stories there's more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it's almost like a poem in that you can come to a lot of meanings within a short space.