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First edition (publ. Reinhardt Books) " The Last Word " is a dystopian short story by the author Graham Greene, written in 1988 (see 1988 in literature). It first appeared in The Independent but can also be found in collections of his short fiction, notably the Penguin edition of The Last Word and Other Stories, for which it is the lead story.
Vignette (literature) A vignette (/ vɪnˈjɛt / ⓘ, also / viːnˈ -/) is a French loanword expressing a short and descriptive piece of writing that captures a brief period in time. [1][2] Vignettes are more focused on vivid imagery and meaning rather than plot. [3]
Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.
A Report to an Academy. "A Report to an Academy " (German: "Ein Bericht für eine Akademie") is a short story by Franz Kafka, written and published in 1917. In the story, an ape named Red Peter, who has learned to behave like a human, presents to an academy the story of how he effected his transformation. The story was first published by Martin ...
The first word of the story, "True!", is an admission of their guilt, as well as an assurance of reliability. [7] This introduction also serves to gain the reader's attention. [10] Every word contributes to the purpose of moving the story forward, exemplifying Poe's theories about the writing of short stories. [11]
Publication date. 2003. " A Study in Emerald " is a short story written by British fantasy and graphic novel author Neil Gaiman. The story is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche transferred to the Cthulhu Mythos universe of horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Gaiman describes it as "Lovecraft/Holmes fan fiction ". [1] It won the 2004 Hugo Award for Best ...
3 pages, 1,506 words. " How it happened " is a 1506-word [ 1 ][ 2 ] short story by the author Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle first published during the First World War at the end of what may be considered to be the Edwardian era in 1918 but Conan Doyle began writing in the Victorian era. This story is considered to be about willful masculine ...
A narrative technique (also, in fiction, a fictional device) is any of several specific methods the creator of a narrative uses [1] —in other words, a strategy applied in the delivering of a narrative to relay information to the audience and to make the narrative more complete, complex, or engaging. Some scholars also call such a technique a ...