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 Psychohistorians | science fiction short story |
| The Encyclopedists | science fiction short story |
| The Mayors | science fiction short story |
| The Traders | — |
| The Merchant Princes | science fiction short story |
| Runaround | science fiction short story |
| Reason | science fiction short story |
| Liar! | science fiction short story |
| Escape! | science fiction short story |
| The Evitable Conflict | science fiction short story |
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St. Martin's Press anthology "Stellar #2"
surface form:
Stellar #2
|
short story collection |
| The Package in Hyperspace | — |
| The Complete Robot | short story collection |
| Robot Dreams | science fiction short story |
| Robot Visions | short story collection |
| Foundation (1942 short story) | science fiction short story |
| The Dunwich Horror | — |
| Handcarved Coffins | novella |
| A Beautiful Child | — |
| Nocturnal Turnings or How Siamese Twins Have Sex | — |
|
“Unspoiled Monsters”
surface form:
Unspoiled Monsters
|
— |
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“La Côte Basque, 1965”
surface form:
La Côte Basque, 1965
|
— |
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“Yachts and Things”
surface form:
Yachts and Things
|
— |
| Catch That Rabbit | science fiction short story |
| We’re All in This Together | novella |
| Intro to Alien Invasion | novella |
| The Colour Out of Space | — |
| Born with the Dead | novella |
|
Junot Díaz
surface form:
Drown
|
short story collection |
|
Anthony Doerr
surface form:
The Shell Collector
|
short story collection |
| Jerusalem's Lot | — |
| Leaf Storm | novella |
|
"Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven"
surface form:
Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven
|
— |
| The Dreams in the Witch House | — |
| Victory Unintentional | science fiction short story |
| First Law | science fiction short story |
| Satisfaction Guaranteed | science fiction short story |
| Lenny | science fiction short story |
| Galley Slave | science fiction short story |
| Risk | science fiction short story |
| Evidence | science fiction short story |
| The Whisperer in Darkness | novella |
| Strange Pilgrims | short story collection |
| The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath | novella |
| His Last Bow | short story collection |
|
Red River
surface form:
The Chisholm Trail
|
— |
| The Wisdom of Eve | — |
| My Sister Eileen | short story collection |
| Kolyma Tales | short story collection |
| The Prayer | — |