Superb anecdotes. An anecdote is a short and interesting story about a real incident or person. 'Superb' emphasizes the high quality of these short stories, making it a valid alternative for 'good stories'.
Storytelling can also be called 'recounting'.
Sagas. Sagas are long, involved stories, often with a historical or cultural background. They usually tell the story of a family or a group over a long period of time. For example, the Icelandic sagas which are a collection of long stories about the early settlers in Iceland, their lives, adventures, and family feuds.
Autobiographies. These are self - written accounts of a person's life, which are essentially life stories written by the person themselves.
Winning reports. Think about it. Success stories are like reports of winning in different aspects of life. It could be in sports, where an athlete overcomes challenges and wins a championship. That's a success story, and it can also be seen as a winning report.
Another set of words could be 'horrific stories', 'blood - curdling stories' and 'petrifying stories'. 'Horrific stories' are extremely horrible and often involve graphic and disturbing content. 'Blood - curdling stories' are so scary that they make your blood seem to freeze in your veins, like a story of a vampire attack. 'Petrifying stories' can literally make you feel as if you are turning to stone from fear, such as a story about being trapped in a cave with a horde of deadly spiders.
Scare - filled stories, fear - inducing stories.
Yes, there are also 'accomplishment legends'. Success epics are like grand and long - form stories of success, similar to how an epic in literature is a large - scale and heroic story. Attainment anecdotes are short and interesting stories about reaching a goal or achieving something. And accomplishment legends are stories that have a sort of legendary or heroic quality about the accomplishment, making them similar to success stories.
Fables are also a type of story. They are short stories that usually teach a moral lesson, like Aesop's Fables. So fables can be considered as another name for a certain kind of story.
Yes, 'antecedents' can also be a word for back story. Antecedents are things that have happened or existed before a particular event or situation. When we talk about a character's antecedents, we are referring to their past experiences, family upbringing, and any events that have influenced who they are in the present, which is all part of their back story.