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 of short story Piven tap dances through the WWII drama, adapted from the short story of the same name by Arthur Miller. —

Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 13 Jan. 2025 The four novels and 46 short stories published before 1923 entered the public domain in 1998. —

Alec Nevala-Lee, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2025 Like many people, the novelist Garth Risk Hallberg was daunted by the size of the celebrated American writer Joyce Carol Oates’s body of work, which encompasses dozens of novels and hundreds of short stories. —

The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025 The show, which features readings of short stories, brought in close to $1.7 million at the Hudson Theatre and played to 100 percent capacity, with an average ticket price of $215, the highest in the industry for the week. —

Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for short story

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Noun

This very Bronx tale of teenage pregnancy and inner-city strife can seem familiar in terms of content, but never in terms of form.

— Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
The 57-page superseding indictment reads like a television drama, weaving a tale of influence, obedience, intimidation, an internal power struggle, drugs, guns and murder spanning multiple states and including local, regional and national chapters of the Sin City Deciples.

— Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025