short story
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In his short story “Intimacy,” Raymond Carver uses the metaphor of “dead leaves” to describe the unresolved wounds between the narrator and his ex-wife.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
Before she was a bestselling romance novelist, Carley Fortune had never so much as written a short story or taken an adult creative writing class.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 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
The play has the old-fashioned carpentry of a solid one-act or mid-century short story.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
The boys from earlier reminded her of a short story she’d finished working on this morning, something for her eyes only that has kept her distracted in the quiet times at work.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
