short story
brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose
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Summary
short story is a literary genre[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,190 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- short story's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
- short story's instance of is recorded as literary form[4].
- short story is a type of short prose[5].
- short story is a type of work of fiction[6].
- short story is a type of narration[7].
- short story is a type of narrative mode[8].
- short story's Commons category is recorded as Short stories[9].
- short story's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Short stories[10].
- short story's topic's main category is recorded as Q9479889[11].
- short story's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
- short story's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- short story's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
- short story's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox short story[15].
- short story's has characteristic is recorded as short story award[16].
- short story's different from is recorded as novella[17].
- short story's different from is recorded as Erzählung[18].
- short story's different from is recorded as novella[19].
- short story's different from is recorded as narration[20].
- short story's different from is recorded as short short story[21].
- short story's studied by is recorded as literary studies[22].
- short story's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Narration[23].
- short story's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
- short story's category for eponymous categories is recorded as Category:Wikipedia categories named after short stories[25].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include literary genre[3] and literary form[4]. Recorded subclass of include short prose[5], work of fiction[6], narration[7], and narrative mode[8].
Influence
Things named for short story include Al-Qaṣaṣ[26], a surah[27].
Why It Matters
short story ranks in the top 1% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,190 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]