short story
C675
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 |
| science fiction short story | 132 |
| comic fiction | 13 |
| frame tale episode | 4 |
| short fiction | 4 |
| short prose piece | 4 |
| short prose work | 4 |
| horror short story | 3 |
| serialized story | 3 |
| cuento | 2 |
| fictional story segment | 2 |
| humorous tale | 2 |
| pulp magazine story | 2 |
| Bengali-language short story | 1 |
| fantasy short story | 1 |
| relato breve | 1 |
| romantic short story | 1 |
| short narrative | 1 |
| short work | 1 |
| shortStory | 1 |
| короткий рассказ | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: short story
Generated description
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.
Instances (2,137)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes | short story collection |
| The Story of the Shipwrecked Sailor | — |
| Dubliners | short story collection |
| Three Lives | short story collection |
| Geography and Plays | short story collection |
| Tales | short story collection |
| Tales of the South Pacific | short story collection |
|
Robert Enrico
surface form:
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (short story)
|
— |
| The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood | short story collection |
| Pepper & Salt, or Seasoning for Young Folk | short story collection |
| The Tin Star | — |
| Fliegender Brief | short work |
| Ambush at Blanco Canyon (serialized story) | serialized story |
| Lost Laysen | novella |
| Memento Mori | — |
| Under the Sunset | short story collection |
| Carmilla | novella |
| In a Glass Darkly | short story collection |
| Green Tea | — |
|
"Blood-Burning Moon"
surface form:
Blood-Burning Moon
|
— |
|
William Harrison
surface form:
Roller Ball Murder
|
— |
| Seltsame Materie | short story collection |
| Die Liebe unter Aliens | short story collection |
| The Wrong Man | — |
| Sanctuary | — |
| Mutterzunge | short story collection |
| The Bridegroom Was a Dog | novella |
| Where Europe Begins | short story collection |
| Facing the Bridge | short story collection |
| Uncle Fred stories | short story collection |
| Awakening | — |
| The Chink and the Child | — |
| Little Mother | — |
| The Jungle Book | short story collection |
| Just So Stories | short story collection |
| Plain Tales from the Hills | short story collection |
| Stalky & Co. | short story collection |
| The Second Jungle Book | short story collection |
| The Time of Her Time | — |
| The Man Who Studied Yoga | — |
|
Tale of the miller and his wife
surface form:
Tale of the Miller and His Wife
|
— |
|
Tale of the stepmother
surface form:
Tale of the Stepmother
|
— |
|
Tale of the fullers
surface form:
Tale of the Fullers
|
— |
| Foundation series (early stories) | short story collection |
| Who Goes There? | novella |
| Deadline | science fiction short story |
| Banal Story | — |
| Now I Lay Me | — |
| Winner Take Nothing | short story collection |
|
works of Ernest Hemingway
surface form:
In Our Time
|
short story collection |