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  2. PDF - Wikipedia

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    Linearized PDF files (also called "optimized" or "web optimized" PDF files) are constructed in a manner that enables them to be read in a Web browser plugin without waiting for the entire file to download, since all objects required for the first page to display are optimally organized at the start of the file. [26]

  3. Postmaster (short story) - Wikipedia

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    The story is set in a small village named Ulapur, where a young postmaster from Calcutta has been transferred. The postmaster finds it difficult to adjust to the slow pace and the rural lifestyle. He feels isolated and spends his days in the post office, writing poetry and reminiscing about his family and friends in the city.

  4. Short story - Wikipedia

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    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" [25]: 128 and her publication of A Handbook on Short Story Writing (1917), described as "the first practical aid to growing young writers that was put ...

  5. The Best Short-Story Collections of 2023

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    In these edgy stories set in Appalachia and the Deep South, Black women face the full monty of modern life—weirdo predators, bogus jobs, ill-fated pregnancies, the nightmares of weight control ...

  6. Stephen King short fiction bibliography - Wikipedia

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    short story: Dave's Rag (1960) Secret Windows (2000) Self-published "The Cursed Expedition" short story: People, Places and Things (1960) Uncollected: Self-published "I've Got to Get Away!" short story: People, Places and Things (1960) Uncollected: Self-published "The Hotel at the End of the Road" short story: People, Places and Things (1960 ...

  7. List of short-story authors - Wikipedia

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    List of short-story authors. ... Upload file; Special pages; ... Get shortened URL; Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other ...

  8. The Best American Short Stories 2019 - Wikipedia

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    [3] She said that the authors exploit the short form to the fullest, and Fine called their characters "outstanding" in the way they bring each story to life. [3] Kirkus Reviews described the book as "[a] fine celebration of the many guises a short story can take while still doing its essential work". It called Adjei-Brenyah's story "The Era ...

  9. The Weapon (short story) - Wikipedia

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    In that book he listed "The Weapon" among eleven of his short stories that had been lost forever. However, while writing the first volume of his autobiography, In Memory Yet Green (1979), Asimov came across an entry in his diary which reminded him that the story had indeed been published. Obtaining a copy of the relevant magazine, he ensured ...