short story
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“The story continues as a short story, and maybe those shorts turn into novels, maybe those shorts turn into a serialized vertical series,” said Drucker Mann.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The first short story that will run in Drafting is an 1,800-word tale based on the Showtime cable series “The L Word” and written by Ilene Chaiken, the show’s co-creator and another co-founder of Run-A-Muck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Noir fans will recognize the title as belonging to a short story by William Irish, the pen name of that master of unease, Cornell Woolrich.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026
Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined compatriot Sir Anthony Hopkins in starring in a new film based on a Dylan Thomas short story.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
I drafted the piece in a week or two, fiddled with it for another week, then published it as a separate short story.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
