noun
short short story; very short story
A literary term for an extremely short story, often only a few pages long. Similar to flash fiction or a short-short story in English.
彼は掌篇小説の名手として知られている。
He is known as a master of the very short story.
この掌篇小説はわずか三
This very short story, only three pages long, leaves a deep impression.