Short story and Verse

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Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.

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Verse and short story are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Verse" instead a noun phrase "Short story".

Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.

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Short story and verse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Verse".

Nearby Words: version, versification, versing

Kerk arrives, frees Jason, and kills Temujin in a duel."The Mothballed Spaceship" (1973) is a short story set in the same 'verse.

Source: Literature / Deathworld
In a short story by Isaac Asimov, the protagonist caught a German spy by tricking him into revealing that he knew the whole thing, as presumably only a spy extensively coached on the culture he's infiltrating would have bothered to learn anything aside from the first verse.

Source: Second Verse Curse
Continuity Cameo: The partnership between Skon and Tobin Dax was established in a short story that was later contradicted by canon and so by the mainstream Star Trek Novel Verse.

Source: Literature / Star Trek: Enterprise Relaunch

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