11 Facts About Short stories

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Short stories story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.

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Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree.

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3.

Sometimes, authors who do not have the time or money to write a novella or novel decide to write short stories instead, working out a deal with a popular website or magazine to publish them for profit.

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4.

Early examples of short stories were published separately between 1790 and 1810, but the first true collections of short stories appeared between 1810 and 1830 in several countries.

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5.

The most prolific French author of short stories was Guy de Maupassant, composing the short stories "Boule de Suif" and "L'Inutile Beaute", which are important examples of French realism.

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6.

Chattopadhyay's Short stories focused on the social scenario of rural Bengal and the lives of common people, especially the oppressed classes.

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7.

Many of these short stories are classified in the genres of thriller, suspense, or even horror.

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8.

The demand for quality short stories was so great and the money paid so well that F Scott Fitzgerald repeatedly turned to short-story writing to pay his numerous debts.

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9.

The creation and study of the short story as a medium began to emerge as an academic discipline due to Blanche Colton Williams' “groundbreaking work on structure and analysis of the short story” and her publication of A Handbook on Short stories Story Writing, described as “the first practical aid to growing young writers that was put on the market in this country.

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10.

Short stories excelled in portraying mental illness and hallucinatory states.

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11.

Science fiction Short stories with a special poetic touch was a genre developed with great popular success by Ray Bradbury.

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