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Literature tries to keep itself free of restrictions so that it can allow writers artistic freedom and promote ever expanding realms of expression and experience. So it is possible for a short story to have a ridiculous parade of characters

HOWEVER. The very shortness of a short story would logically restrict the number of characters that could be included and developed.

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