anti-story

anti-story
noun /ˈæn.ti.ˈstɔːɹi/
A work of fiction in which the author breaks in some way the conventional rules of short story telling, usually with some feature (for example, a lack of plot or characters, unusual punctuation, odd subject or presentation, etc.) which strongly challenges the readers expectations.

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