short story
noun
: an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot
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her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal
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Like many people, the novelist Garth Risk Hallberg was daunted by the size of the celebrated American writer Joyce Carol Oates’s body of work, which encompasses dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories.
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The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
The show, which features readings of short stories, brought in close to $1.7 million at the Hudson Theatre and played to 100 percent capacity, with an average ticket price of $215, the highest in the industry for the week.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The first In the Lost Lands trailer, featuring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in an apocalyptic setting, brings to life the Game of Thrones author's short story of the same name.
—EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
An excerpt from the new short story collection Wallflowers.
—Jessica Furseth, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
The show, which features readings of short stories, brought in close to $1.7 million at the Hudson Theatre and played to 100 percent capacity, with an average ticket price of $215, the highest in the industry for the week.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025
The first In the Lost Lands trailer, featuring Milla Jovovich and Dave Bautista in an apocalyptic setting, brings to life the Game of Thrones author's short story of the same name.
—EW.com, 8 Jan. 2025
An excerpt from the new short story collection Wallflowers.
—Jessica Furseth, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
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“Short story.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20story. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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