short story
a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
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- short-story, adjective
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How to use short story in a sentence
The latter will be a feature film called Dolly and is based on a short story written by Elizabeth Bear.
Apple TV+ acquires a “sci-fi courtroom drama” about a murderous robot doll | Samuel Axon | February 11, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThese books are accompanied by dazzling short story collections, heartbreaking debuts and more.
As the implanted microelectrodes silently recorded the brain cells’ electrical activity, the team asked the participants to listen to a short story.
This Is Where Empathy Lives in the Brain, and How It Works | Shelly Fan | February 2, 2021 | Singularity HubThere are many elements to consider when reading a short story, but perhaps the most important one is what kind of ending the author chooses.
Dantiel W. Moniz’s ‘Milk Blood Heat’ thrums with life while considering death | Michele Filgate | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostShe published a few short stories and poems and was an editorial assistant for Oxford University Press in Manhattan before her marriage, in 1948, to Jonathan Bishop, who became a literary scholar.
Alison Lurie, Pulitzer-winning novelist of mordant wit and boundless empathy, dies at 94 | Phoebe Connelly | December 4, 2020 | Washington Post
Sometimes a column has the economy and rhythm of a short story.
His latest book is a short story collection, Even a Street Dog: Las Vegas Stories.
Will Hyman Roth Return to Havana With Normalized Relations? | John L. Smith | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA study in American military control, a haunting sui generis novel, and a playful new short story collection.
Did you set any technical challenges with this short story collection?
How did your favorite short story writers shape your sensibility?
For we changed our plan, gave up the projected Monte Cristo, and cut it down for a short story.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonAbove all, they have brought the short story to a point of singular perfection.
American Sketches | Charles Whibley"It is a very short story," said Bartram, now entirely calm, as he leaned against his desk and folded his arms.
All He Knew | John HabbertonOne, in fact, seems to us a superb short story, but many of the other nineteen are rot.
Seeing Things at Night | Heywood BrounBickerton has a short story to tell, inadequate to the months of work which were expended on that converted aeroplane.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas Mawson
British Dictionary definitions for short story
a prose narrative of shorter length than the novel, esp one that concentrates on a single theme
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