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The "short story" type is for works of prose fiction that are shorter than a novel in length. Since there is no universal agreement on what the minimum length for a novel is, there is necessarily a grey area here. more

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Enemy Mine		Adapted Work		Science fiction	"Enemy Mine" is a science fiction novella by Barry B. Longyear. It first appeared in the September 1979 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, later collected by Longyear in Manifest Destiny (1980). In 1980 it won the Hugo Award for Best...
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The Great Simoleon Caper		Work of Fiction		Science fiction	"The Great Simoleon Caper" is a short story by Neal Stephenson that appeared in TIME Domestic SPECIAL ISSUE, Spring 1995 Volume 145, No. 12 (March 1, 1995). It deals with concepts familiar to Stephenson's fans: encryption, digital currency and...
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The Body		Adapted Work			The Body is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons. It is subtitled "Fall from Innocence". It was adapted into the acclaimed film Stand By Me in 1986. Directed by Rob Reiner, it stars River Phoenix...
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Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption		Adapted Work			Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons. The novella was adapted for the screen in the film The Shawshank Redemption. The story of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption...
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Apt Pupil		Adapted Work		Horror fiction	Apt Pupil (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons (1982). It is subtitiled "Summer of Corruption". Apt Pupil consists of 29 chapters, many (but far from all) of which are headed by a month. The story takes...
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Rip Van Winkle		Film			"Rip Van Winkle" is a short story by the American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection of stories...
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The Premature Burial		Published Work			"The Premature Burial" is a horror short story on the theme of being buried alive, written by Edgar Allan Poe and published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Fear of being buried alive was common in this period and Poe was taking...
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The Tell-Tale Heart		Work of Fiction		Gothic fiction	"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murder an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the...
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The Fall of the House of Usher		Published Work			"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. The story was first published in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in September 1839. It was slightly revised before being included in a collection of his fiction entitled...
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The Pit and the Pendulum		Work of Fiction			"The Pit and the Pendulum" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1842. The story is about the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, though Poe skews historical facts. The narrator of the story is...
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The Black Cat		Published Work		Horror fiction	"The Black Cat" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843 edition of The Saturday Evening Post. It is a study of the psychology of guilt, often paired in analysis with Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart". In both, a...
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“The Chink and the Clock People”		Written Work
“The Towers of St. Ignatz”		Written Work			"A “screen treatment for a feature film” involving snowflakes, rastas, and everything" --Bruce Greeley Ergo! The Bumbershoot Literary Magazine (Summer, 1990).
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Entropy		Written Work
Under the Rose		Written Work
The Secret Integration		Written Work
Mortality and Mercy in Vienna		Written Work
The Oval Portrait		Work of Fiction		Horror fiction	"The Oval Portrait" is short story by Edgar Allan Poe involving the disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau. It is one of his shortest stories, filling only two pages in its initial publication in 1842. The tale begins with an...
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William Wilson		Work of Fiction		Short story	"William Wilson" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe with a setting inspired by Poe's formative years outside of London. The tale follows the theme of the doppelgänger and is written in a style based on rationality. It was first published in 1839,...
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The Devil in the Belfry		Work of Fiction		Short story	"The Devil in the Belfry" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in 1839. It is a satirical short story, making fun of the United States President Martin Van Buren and his election methods, by ridiculing the inhabitants of...
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Ligeia		Work of Fiction			"Ligeia" is an early short story written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She recites "The Conqueror Worm" before she dies and...
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The Gold-Bug		Quotation Source		Short story	"The Gold-Bug" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, set on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina involving deciphering a secret message and finding buried treasure. The story was first published in the Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper in June 1843 after...
The Gold-Bug		Written Work		Short story
The Unparalled Adventures of One Hans Pfall		Written Work
Four Beasts in One		Written Work
The Murders in the Rue Morgue		Published Work		Detective fiction	"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. Today, it is considered the first detective story. Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination". C. Auguste Dupin is a...
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The Mystery of Marie Roget		Published Work		Detective fiction	"The Mystery of Marie Roget", often subtitled A Sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe written in 1842. This is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. It first appeared in Snowden's...
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The Balloon-Hoax		Written Work			"The Balloon-Hoax" is the title now used for a newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844. Originally presented as a true story, it detailed European Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in only three days in a hot...