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short stories

NOUN
short work of fiction
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They played short stories to the anesthetized patients while continuing to record activity from neurons in the hippocampus.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

Then I moved on to writing little books, short stories and then poetry, starting at age 7.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Kennedy describes her relationship with Róisín, as "unfinished business" as the lead character is the same unsympathetic teenager from her 2021 collections of short stories The End of the World is a Cul-de-sac.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

“I’d love to take a crack at either short stories or writing a novel.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

He loved to read short stories aloud, taking all the parts, providing all the sound effects.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier


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