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
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
When Dame Hilary published her original short story in 2014, its title was meant to provoke a reaction, according to playwright Alexandra Wood.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Khong had suggested meeting at the animal shelter because it’s a key setting for her short story “Tapetum Lucidum,” named for the demon-like glow behind some animals’ superior night vision.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
He was not even allowed to republish an article about literary ciphers in Edgar Allan Poe’s nineteenth-century short story “The Gold-Bug.”
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
