Incident
Incident noun - Something that happens.
Short story and incident are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short story" instead a noun "Incident".
Short story
Short story noun - A work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel.
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Synonyms for Short story
Incident and short story are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incident" instead a noun phrase "Short story".
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Rhysling, the hero of the short story The Green Hills of Earth, was blinded in a reactor-room incident aboard an interplanetary spaceship.
Source: Zeerust - Comments: A short story exploring how fragile Weiss really is, and how one unfortunate incident really breaks her.
Source: Fanfic Recs / RWBY General Fics -
According to the short story sequel, Emilio Sylvestri was unmoved by the entire incident, calling it delusion on a mass scale.
Source: Film / Ghostwatch
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