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The
short story
is a genre of literature. It is usually
fictional
narrative
prose
and tends to be more direct and less-detailed than longer works of fiction, like
novels
.
Short stories are closely related to oral (spoken) story-telling traditions and prose
anecdotes
. They all develop the story very quickly and come to a conclusion quickly too.
Many authors today release their short stories together in a book, instead of one at a time. A short story can be written in only 10 words or less.