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Found in Middle Fiction All Sorts

The most important thing by Avi
Call Number: MF AVI
ISBN: 9781925381634
Publication Date: 2016
Man from the south and other stories by Dahl, Roald
Call Number: MF DAH
ISBN: 9781405882668
Publication Date: 2008
Singing my sister down by Lanagan, Margo
Call Number: MF LAN
ISBN: 9781760295134
Publication Date: 2017

Key Elements of a Short Story

(TrueEditors, 2021)

YouTube

(Duffy, 2022)

Websites

Hansen, A : Short story
A comprehensive article from Encyclopaedia Britannica online described under the headings of Analysis of the genre; and History, from Origins to the Middle Ages, to the Emergence of the modern short story.
Blurb blog : What is a short story?
Answers to - What is a short story?; What are the key elements of a short story?; What is the history of the short story?; What are the different types of short stories? What are some famous short stories?
Author Learning Center : Short fiction forms
Distinctions are described between the short fiction forms of novella, novelette, short story, and flash fiction.
Amiben Prakashkumar, Raval ; Chief characteristics of short story
Describes the short story characteristics of Singleness of aim and effect; Art of Narration; Plot; Characterisation; Setting; Suspense; Conflict; Message and Unity.
TrueEditors : What is a short story in literature?
Defines what a short story is, the key elements of short story and the different types of short stories.

In-text sources

Duffy, J. (2022, January 23). What is a short story? [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG1AnmbW1hc

TrueEditors. (2021). Key elements of a short story. [Illustration]. https://marketing-24797.medium.com/what-is-a-short-story-in-literature-5d00c2a35587

Found in Middle Fiction Horror

Book of ghost stories by Dahl, Roald
Call Number: MF DAH
ISBN: 9780241955710
Publication Date: 2012
Unnatural creatures by Gaiman, Neil (Editor)
Call Number: MF GAI
ISBN: 9781408845462
Publication Date: 2014
Horowitz horror by Horowitz, Anthony
Call Number: MF HOR
ISBN: 9781408329382
Publication Date: 2000
Death and the underworld by Horowitz, Anthony
Call Number: MF HOR
ISBN: 9780330510189
Publication Date: 2011
Heroes and villains by Horowitz, Anthony
Call Number: MF HOR
ISBN: 9780330510172
Publication Date: 2011
Tales of the peculiar by Riggs, Ransom
Call Number: MF RIG
ISBN: 9780141371658
Publication Date: 2017
The curiosities by Stiefvater, Maggie; Gratton, Tessa & Yovanoff,Brenna
Call Number: MF STI
ISBN: 9781467716239
Publication Date: 2014
Short and scary by Tayleur, Karen
ISBN: 9781742031330
Publication Date: 2010