Fredric Brown was an American science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction writer, who was well known for his use of humour and his mastery of the so-called “short-short” form of story-telling. That is, short stories of between one to three pages in length, often with ingenious plotting devices and surprise endings. One of his best-known stories, “Arena”, was even adapted to a 1967 episode of the American television series Star Trek! Click on the video above to find out more…

To see more flash fiction (or “short-short”) stories written by Fredric Brown, take a look at our YouTube playlist below.