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"María Concepción" is a work of short fiction by Katherine Anne Porter first published in The Century Magazine in 1922. The story was collected in The Flowering Judas (1930) and later in Flowering Judas and Other Stories in 1935, each published by Harcourt, Brace and Company.
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.
"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 pride, and could also be ...
Analysis [ edit ] It has been suggested that the portrayal of the Jewish temptress, Susanna Rothstein, may have been influenced by Chekhov's stormy relationship with his former fiancée Dunia Efros, herself Jewish, and who remained on good terms with Chekhov after marrying his friend the Jewish lawyer and publisher Efim Konovitser.
The first word of the story, "True!", is an admission of their guilt, as well as an assurance of reliability. [10] This introduction also serves to gain the reader's attention. [13] Every word contributes to the purpose of moving the story forward, exemplifying Poe's theories about the writing of short stories. [14]
"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 Short Story.
Fragile Things won the 2007 Locus Award for Best Collection, and "How to Talk to Girls at Parties" won for Best Short Story and was nominated for a Hugo Award. [1] Other Locus Award winners included in this collection are "Sunbird" (2006 short story), "Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire" (2005 short story), "A Study in Emerald" (2004 ...