as in novella
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel bought a collection of his novels and novelettes

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Recent Examples of novelette Alfred Hitchcock turned one of Woolrich’s novelettes into Rear Window, for which Woolrich was paid the grand sum of $650. Sam Kashner, Air Mail, 12 Apr. 2025 Graphic novelettes issued by the U.S. Army Cyber Institute aim to educate soldiers about digital threats Stephen Cass 23 Mar 2018 3 min read Stephen Cass is the special projects editor at IEEE Spectrum. IEEE Spectrum, 23 Mar. 2018 The next year, Hao Jingfang became the first Chinese woman to win a Hugo, for her novelette Folding Beijing. Yi-Ling Liu, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021 The backstory of the novelette kept picking at my brain. Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2018 Flash fiction, short stories, and novelettes don’t usually get the same amount of attention as their longer counterparts, which is a shame. Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 15 Nov. 2018 In 2014, Mary Robinette Kowal earned a Hugo Award for her novelette The Lady Astronaut of Mars, set in an alternate history in which humanity is prompted to colonize outer space after a devastating meteor strike that destroys Washington, DC. Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 1 July 2018
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Noun
  • An adaptation of the Max Porter novella Grief Is the Thing With Feathers, the drama revolves around a widower (Cumberbatch) who is left to raise two young sons after the unexpected death of his wife.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Crime 101 is directed by Bart Layton, and adapted from a novella by Don Winslow.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2025
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  • But the most sobering cautionary tale comes from 1894, when a lighthouse keeper’s pet cat named Tibbles was introduced to Stephens Island in New Zealand.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Comments On Swift Horses is rife with drama — a tale of a love triangle between a young woman, Muriel (Daisy Edgar-Jones), her Korean War veteran husband Lee (Will Poulter), and his iconoclastic brother Julius (Jacob Elordi).
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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  • Then, after young mothers and children who had just arrived shared their stories, the Holy Father returned to the sister who had been mentioned before.
    Mireya Villarreal, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2025
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    Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025

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