short story

That was the way books were written and read in the good old days before the invention of the telephone and the short story.

One may venture to call the period the age of the short story, or more accurately, perhaps, the age of short-breathed work.

Any bid for a reader's interest is of use, only in the short story the writer must necessarily limit himself to one sort of bid.

But, just like the short story, a human interest story must begin in an attractive way.

In a story book for children, find a short story and put it into dialogue form.

He could begin a novel, get tired of it, and turn it into a short story.

Maupassant, Mr. Tate said, was the great master of the short story.

Her first short story, written long ago, appeared in Harper's Magazine.

I should like to tell a short story in connection with these assertions of English prowess.

The writer of the short story must sacrifice either the comment or the story.