as in tale
a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel
her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal
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Recent Examples of short story
Both these books are far more sentimental than that first collection of short stories.
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Danielle Dutton
july 2, Literary Hub, 2 July 2025
His fiction background includes a series of short stories and his first novel, Arthur, published earlier this year.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Moretti adapted Nevo’s short story collection together with co-screenwriters Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella, intertwining the book’s separate stories about the various bonds — familial, political, social and romantic — that both restrict and liberate, into a single narrative.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
Loosely based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film tells the tale of Benjamin Button, who is born with the appearance and strength of an elderly man and ultimately ages backward into infancy.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
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Danielle Dutton
july 2, Literary Hub, 2 July 2025
His fiction background includes a series of short stories and his first novel, Arthur, published earlier this year.
—Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Moretti adapted Nevo’s short story collection together with co-screenwriters Federica Pontremoli and Valia Santella, intertwining the book’s separate stories about the various bonds — familial, political, social and romantic — that both restrict and liberate, into a single narrative.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
Loosely based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the film tells the tale of Benjamin Button, who is born with the appearance and strength of an elderly man and ultimately ages backward into infancy.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short story
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That tale is just one of many in the story that don’t show Joel in an especially flattering light.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
18 July 2025
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The Coldplay public humiliation is a cautionary tale of atrophied American privacy.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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The extensive new detention policy is also expected to face legal challenges This is a developing story.—
Katherine Faulders,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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Get a weekly round up of the top tech stories from around the world in your inbox every Friday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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These are the stories that make up Room on the Sea, a trio of novellas from the Call Me by Your Name author, André Aciman.—
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5 July 2025
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Originally assigned to George Lucas and working from a script by John Milius, the project was loosely based on Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness.—
Armond White,
National Review,
4 July 2025
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There are subtle transitions in this narrative, carefully plotted points of reference which keep the story from ever feeling disjointed or abrupt.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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Consequently, that makes a weaker conclusion for the narrative, one the series can only wrap up by having Paul use his pistol on himself and take a tumble into rushing river waters.—
Andy Crump,
Time,
20 July 2025
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