short stories
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It also hopes to flip the script, so to speak, publishing short stories based on new and upcoming series and films.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The company this month plans to start publishing short stories in Drafting, its ad-supported Substack about culture and fashion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Her third husband, playwright Arthur Miller, suggests the purchases were largely a pose: In his memoir, he wrote that aside from some short stories and Colette’s “Cheri” she likely never read anything start to finish.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
The membership benefit is described as: “A living archive of lectures from the grave, letters never sent, and original short stories curated by Bob Dylan.”
From Salon • May 12, 2026
He carried a single volume for the journey, a hardbound collection of short stories by Nikolai Gogol, which his grandfather had given him when he’d graduated from class twelve.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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