short story

short story
noun
a prose narrative shorter than a novel (Freq. 3)
Hypernyms: ↑story

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noun, pl ⋯ -ries [count]
: a short written story usually dealing with few characters : a short work of fiction

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ˌshort ˈstory [short story] noun
a story, usually about imaginary characters and events, that is short enough to be read from beginning to end without stopping

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