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
Osgood Perkins is back in his horror bag to bring the short story from Stephen King to the big screen, following twin brothers Bill and Hal, who find their father's old toy monkey in the attic, an event which leads to a series of gruesome deaths.
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Entries should be short stories about a group of friends on a camping trip who get stranded in the wilderness and discover a mysterious set of footprints.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
When Basil shares with him one of his wacky short stories, Peter always finds something nice to say, no matter how trivial.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
That attention to nuance gets the film closer to the spirit of the novelist, poet and short story author than his previous screen adaptations — Alison Maclean’s Jesus’ Son and Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
Entries should be short stories about a group of friends on a camping trip who get stranded in the wilderness and discover a mysterious set of footprints.
—Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2025
When Basil shares with him one of his wacky short stories, Peter always finds something nice to say, no matter how trivial.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
That attention to nuance gets the film closer to the spirit of the novelist, poet and short story author than his previous screen adaptations — Alison Maclean’s Jesus’ Son and Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for short story
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And, in Washington, the 2004 tale of love and short-term memory loss took the crown.—
Melissa Santos,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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In this intricately improvised whatsit, Indonesian immigrants Asri and Hasan convene every day at twilight hour, in the heart of Taiwan’s oldest city, to share the day’s news and experiences, spinning second-hand tales of migrant struggle into rhapsodically spontaneous verse.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2025
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This story was originally published February 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM.—
Chadd Cripe,
Idaho Statesman,
11 Feb. 2025
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Today’s top stories (National Institutes of Health) California joins the legal fight to stop National Institutes of Health cuts A judge blocked the Trump administration from making billions of dollars in NIH funding cuts hours after California and 21 other Democratic-run states sued.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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In his extensive career, King has published 65 novels and novellas, and also expanded into crime, sci-fi, fantasy and mystery genres.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Ali Hazelwood books in order Hazelwood has published standalone romance novels, novellas and even audio-only stories.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
4 Feb. 2025
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For most of human history, music and narrative have been experienced — chiefly — in communal contexts.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2025
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During the production of the film, my schizophrenic uncle died, and this directly influenced the film’s narrative and its whole development.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Short story.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20story. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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