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short stories

NOUN

short work of fiction

Synonyms

STRONGEST

narrative novella tale

WEAK

account novelette yarn

Antonyms

WEAK

epic

Example Sentences

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It also hopes to flip the script, so to speak, publishing short stories based on new and upcoming series and films.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The company this month plans to start publishing short stories in Drafting, its ad-supported Substack about culture and fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Unlike the other artifacts with no traceable provenance, these short stories are bad.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Strout has meticulously constructed these worlds in linked short stories and novels, set in imaginary small towns such as Crosby, Maine, and Amgash, Ill. With Artie Dam, she has chosen a new protagonist and setting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

I told him I had written short stories in the leather-bound notebook he’d given me, but he didn’t remember the notebook.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini