short story

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 David Prior’s and Jennifer Kent’s episodes are standouts, but nearly every short story is well acted and immaculately designed (including the episodic prologues that feature del Toro tinkering with a gigantic physical prop of the titular cabinet) and will leave you wanting more. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2024 In English, the four were respectively published as short stories in The New Yorker, Ploughshares, Harpers and GQ. Patrick Frater, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024 In the 21st century, Moore moved away from writing comics in favor of short stories (like 2022's collection Illuminations) and novels (like 2016's Jerusalem and this year's The Great When, the first of a planned series). Christian Holub, EW.com, 28 Oct. 2024 While still at the Voice, Indiana published two collections of short stories, 1987’s Scar Tissue and Other Stories and 1988’s White Trash Boulevard. News Desk, Artforum, 24 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for short story 
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  • Co-created by Oscar nominee Taylor Sheridan and Christian Wallace, Landman is set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas and is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs.
    Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • What election narratives are foreign actors pushing? Expect false tales of voters tampering with mail-in ballots, non-citizens casting ballots and hacks of election infrastructure in social media posts.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • One lesson for kindergartners about the Golden Rule, for example, centers on how Jesus taught the rule during his Sermon on the Mount, along with a story from the Jewish Torah.
    Democrat-Gazette staff from wire reports, arkansasonline.com, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Get the Envelope newsletter for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes stories from the Envelope podcast and columnist Glenn Whipp’s must-read analysis.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
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  • Watch on Deadline Along with two Art of Emily the Strange volumes, there are four novels published by HarperCollins, four graphic novellas published by Chronicle Books, and a 27-issue Emily the Strange comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics, which was a New York Times Bestseller.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Adapted from Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart, Hellraiser revolves around a mysterious puzzle box known as the Lament Configuration.
    Katie Rife, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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  • The Democratic-leaning Latino groups pushed back on that narrative, citing their own polling.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Parker recorded interviews with 12 British men and women who had been convicted of murder, then transcribed and edited their words to create a series of extraordinary first-person narratives.
    The Week US, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024

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