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A common type of [[Prose Fiction]] and a good way for new authors to start out. '''Short stories''' are any stories that run up to 7,500 words in length, though some definitions place them as long as 20,000. Due to the discrepancy, short stories can overlap with the [[Novella]] and the [[Novelette]] but are usually categorized separately.
Short stories are usually published in magazines and, more rarely, collections. There is a large [[Pulp Magazine]] industry that is much easier to break into than the book industry, which makes it a good place for a new writer to build up a resume. And a good place to stage [[Old Shame]].
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''[[Pseudopod|Pseudopod.org]]'' makes a job of publishing audio version of short stories.
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* Most of what [[H.P.
** "The Call Of Cthulhu"
** "Pickmans Model"
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** "[[The Dunwich Horror]]"
** "[[The Colour Out of Space]]"
* [[Robert E.
* "[[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream]]" was both short, and a story.
* ''[[I, Robot (literature)|I, Robot]]'' was a series of short stories by [[Isaac Asimov]].
* "[[The Most Dangerous Game]]" by Richard Connell
* "[[Arcana Magi Zero]]" is a [[Web Original]]
* "[[The Lottery]]" by Shirley Jackson
* "[[There Will Come Soft Rains]]", a [[Ray Bradbury]] classic.
* "[[Brokeback Mountain]]" was originally a short story by Annie Proulx.
* "[[The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]]" was originally a short story by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]].
* "[[The Ugly Barnacle]]", from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', is one of these, with emphasis on "short".
* "[[The Dandelion Girl]]" by Robert F. Young.
* "[[Magic for Beginners]]" by Kelly Link.
* "[[A Rose for Emily]]" by [[William Faulkner]]
* "[[
* Most of the ''[[Transformers Timelines]]'' fiction consists of short stories, and issues of ''[[The Transformers (
* ''[[The King in Yellow]]'' by [[Robert W.
* The shortest story ever is apparently by
** Tying for that title is [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s bet-winning short story. "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
* [[Robert Westall]] wrote a great deal of what some consider his best work in short fiction form; notably ''[[Break of Dark]]'' and the best
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