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short story

noun

  1. a piece of prose fiction, usually under 10,000 words.


short story

noun

  1. a prose narrative of shorter length than the novel, esp one that concentrates on a single theme
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of short story1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

The latter will be a feature film called Dolly and is based on a short story written by Elizabeth Bear.

These books are accompanied by dazzling short story collections, heartbreaking debuts and more.

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As the implanted microelectrodes silently recorded the brain cells’ electrical activity, the team asked the participants to listen to a short story.

There are many elements to consider when reading a short story, but perhaps the most important one is what kind of ending the author chooses.

She 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.

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.

A 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.

Above all, they have brought the short story to a point of singular perfection.

"It is a very short story," said Bartram, now entirely calm, as he leaned against his desk and folded his arms.

One, in fact, seems to us a superb short story, but many of the other nineteen are rot.

Bickerton has a short story to tell, inadequate to the months of work which were expended on that converted aeroplane.

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