short story
noun
a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.
short stories
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pluralof short story.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They played short stories to the anesthetized patients while continuing to record activity from neurons in the hippocampus.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
Kennard said the former head of English, Paul Coffman, would read his short stories during break times, and leave him notes and suggestions.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Then I moved on to writing little books, short stories and then poetry, starting at age 7.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The original lyrical idea for this came from me reading Damon Runyon books, short stories based in the ‘30s and ‘40s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He wrote this terrific book of short stories, The Secret Goldfish, in case you never heard of him.
From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger
