spare prose

• minimalistOne favoring bare essentials
• leanLacking fat; incline
• terseBrief to bluntness
• economicalUsing resources sparingly
• strippedHad coverings removed

bare · clean · austere · stark · concise · unadorned · tight · crisp · carver · laconic · restrained · pared · skeletal · direct · clipped · compressed · unflinching · blunt

• minimalismminimalism, declutter, decluttering, simplicity, less is more
• writing stylediction, tone, style, prose, prose style
• short writingflash fiction, short story, vignette, drabble