A Shard is an enhancement of a Fragment in Hypertextopian terms. But it goes to all writing of creative form, think poetry, think image, think keeping your reader alert.
So I take out "far edge" at the "far edge of town." We don’t care what part of town the little girl lives in. As a matter of fact, we don’t care that she lives in town at all, so that goes as well. What matters is the size of the house and the number of people who live in it.
That’s all.
The Lost Children: A Charity Anthology