Synonyms of short stories

short stories

noun

plural of short story

as in stories

a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel

her very first short story was accepted for publication in a local journal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stories
• tales
• novellas
• narratives
• yarns
• fairy tales
• histories
• novelettes
• jokes
• bedtime stories
• anecdotes
• myths
• fables
• records
• parables
• romances
• legends
• reports
• annals
• chronicles
• exempla
• folktales
• accounts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of short stories

On Monday, Hinge—yes, that Hinge—released a free audiobook comprised of five original short stories inspired by the dating sagas of real Hinge couples. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

That’s the opening line of the latest in our Flash Fiction series of very short stories for summer. — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

In addition to acting, Beaumont wrote screenplays, radio scripts, and short stories for magazines. — Skyler Trepel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026

The project is based on four short stories by Mariana Enríquez, and tells the story of Ema, a woman with the ability to see and hear the dead. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 28 July 2026

In many classic short stories, the real action occurs in the silences. — Niela Orr, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Yates brought out three more novels in the 1980s, along with another book of short stories, Liars in Love (1981). — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

These invasion fictions took a range of forms, from short stories and pamphlets to novellas and full-length novels, and proliferated especially in the late-Victorian and Edwardian period leading up to World War I, which brought the subgenre’s brief flourishing to an end. — Ivan Kreilkamp, JSTOR Daily, 10 June 2026