Thesaurus results for SHORT STORY

short story

noun

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 on the Web As far as a legacy goes, 1,700 short stories, books, essays, screenplays, graphic novels, and works of criticism and 10,000 stories left behind, to be told again and again by those who outlive you? —

Jason Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024 The script is co-written by the filmmaker and Eli Kent, who together adapted a short story by Owen Marshall. —

Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Sep. 2024 The final line of the movie doesn't appear in the short story with the same title by Harlan Ellison. —

Worth Sparkman, Axios, 8 Oct. 2024 The short story, written by Isaac Asimov, was initially published in 1941 and first appeared in this collection in 1969. —

Brianne Kane, Scientific American, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for short story

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