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 |
|---|---|
| Scarlet Sails | novella |
|
symbolist novella Scarlet Sails
surface form:
Scarlet Sails
|
novella |
| An Interrupted Friendship | — |
| The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze | short story collection |
| How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories | short story collection |
| East into Upper East | short story collection |
| A White Heron and Other Stories | short story collection |
| Stage to Lordsburg | — |
|
The Big Hunt by James Warner Bellah
surface form:
The Big Hunt
|
— |
|
War Party by James Warner Bellah
surface form:
War Party
|
— |
| The Greatest Gift | — |
| Opera Hat | — |
| The Sentence | — |
| Vermilion Sands | short story collection |
| Tales of the Hasidim | short story collection |
|
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos Pérez Rulfo Vizcaíno
surface form:
El Llano en llamas
|
short story collection |
| El Llano en llamas | short story collection |
| El gallo de oro | novella |
| Die Verwandlung | novella |
| In der Strafkolonie | — |
| Hear the Wind Sing | novella |
| Christinas Heimreise | novella |
| Twice-Told Tales | short story collection |
| Reitergeschichte | short prose work |
| Mosses from an Old Manse | short story collection |
| A Second Chance at Eden | short story collection |
| Manhattan in Reverse | short story collection |
| Death in Venice | novella |
| Das Märchen der 672. Nacht | novella |
|
The Maze by Maurice Sandoz
surface form:
The Maze
|
novella |
| At the Edge and Other Cato Manor Stories | short story collection |
| The Minister’s Black Veil | — |
| Cyberabad Days | short story collection |
| The Hockey Sweater | — |
|
Margaret Laurence
surface form:
A Bird in the House
|
short story collection |
|
Eden Robinson
surface form:
Traplines
|
short story collection |
| Oroonoko | novella |
| The Fair Jilt | novella |
|
Walter Tevis
surface form:
Far from Home
|
short story collection |
| The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Essays | short story collection |
| The Little Regiment | short story collection |
| The Monster | — |
| His New Mittens | — |
|
"The Angel Child"
surface form:
The Angel Child
|
— |
|
"The Knife"
surface form:
The Knife
|
— |
|
"The Stove"
surface form:
The Stove
|
— |
|
"The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps"
surface form:
The Trial, Execution, and Burial of Homer Phelps
|
— |
|
"The Fight"
surface form:
The Fight
|
— |
|
"The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers"
surface form:
The City Urchin and the Chaste Villagers
|
— |
|
"Shame"
surface form:
Shame
|
— |