Night Train

SHOE Often a zkv is just a very short story. Sometimes it is a real zkv, in which case the letters zkv no longer mean anything. Then it has become a shoe that pinches a little, the content is (slightly) larger than the form. The difference must not become too great, no binding, no mutilation, no beautiful little Eastern foot. In primary school, in

Vincent recommended A. L. Snijders, who had been writing very short stories for many years with, at that time, more than 1,500 to his credit and still counting. He had in fact invented his own term for what he wrote — zkv’s, short for zeer korte verhalen, or “very short stories.” He had recently been awarded a major prize. Vincent sent a story by S