short story

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concept

A short story is a brief, self-contained work of fiction that focuses on a limited cast of characters and a concise plot to evoke a specific mood, theme, or insight.

All labels observed (23)

Label Occurrences
short story canonical 1,127
short story collection 645
novella 306

Instances (2,137)

Instance Via concept surface
Van Brunt
surface form: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Evangelistic Beasts
In Which Tigger Comes to the Forest and Has Breakfast
Les Contes de ma mère l’Oye short story collection
Ricky of the Tuft
Riquet with the Tuft
The Ridiculous Wishes humorous tale
Histoire des Treize
surface form: Ferragus
novella
The Fairy
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets novella
The Open Boat
The Blue Hotel
The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky
War Is Kind short story collection
George's Mother novella
The Monster and Other Stories short story collection
Whilomville Stories short story collection
Wounds in the Rain short story collection
The Bridle
The Compartment
The Student's Wife
Sixty Acres
A Small, Good Thing
They’re Not Your Husband
Chef’s House
Blackbird Pie
Whoever Was Using This Bed
Vitamins
The World of Pooh short story collection
Summer People
Wedding Day
Night Before Landing
A Train Trip
My Old Man
Oily Weather
Riparto d’Assalto
surface form: Three Stories and Ten Poems
short story collection
Along With Youth
They All Made Peace—What Is Peace?
The Court of Boyville short story collection
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut
Just Before the War with the Eskimos
The Laughing Man
For Esmé—with Love and Squalor
Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes
De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period
Teddy
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters novella
Seymour: An Introduction novella
Hapworth 16, 1924