short stories
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The short story made its way into Thomas' best-known collection of short stories, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog, which was published in 1940.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
This is as it ought to be with short stories, which have to make their points in a relative hurry.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
He continued to write books about India - essays, analyses, short stories too, sometimes in collaboration with his partner, Gillian Wright.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
The story does not unfold as a typical narrative, but in a series of scenes that feel distinct yet unified, like a collection of short stories.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026
I gave up the idea of the biographical sketches and settled finally upon writing a series of short stories, using the material I had got from Ross and his friends, building upon it, inventing.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
