Here are a few more. Macabre stories. Macabre is related to death and the things that are disturbing and often associated with death in a spooky way. Then there are shudder - inducing stories. When you shudder, it's a physical reaction to something scary, and these stories can make you do that. And we can't forget about the term 'creepy - crawly stories'. It gives the feeling of something that creeps you out, like a small, spooky insect crawling on your skin, but in the form of a story.
Scare - filled stories, fear - inducing stories.
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.
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.
Another set of words could be 'malevolent' and 'ominous'. 'Malevolent' refers to someone or something having ill will, which is very scary in a story. 'Ominous' is when there's a sense of something bad or dangerous about to occur, like dark clouds gathering before a storm in a story, symbolizing upcoming doom.
During the whole novel. It is a simple and easy - to - understand alternative. Just like when you talk about an event that happens continuously during the whole novel.
Melancholy account. Account here implies a story or a description, and melancholy gives it a sad, pensive feeling.
For book, there's 'libretto' which is mainly for the text of an opera but still a form of book. Another one is 'ledger' which is more like a record - keeping book. For novel, 'saga' is a great alternative as it implies a long and involved story like a novel, and 'epic' can also be used to describe a grand and long novel - like story.
Yes. 'Legend' can be seen as a type of short story, often passed down through generations and may have some elements of the supernatural or heroic. 'Myth' is also related, though it usually has more to do with cultural or religious beliefs. 'Fictionette' is another word for a short work of fiction, similar to a short story.
Visual novel. This term highlights the visual aspect of the graphic novel. The visuals play a crucial role in telling the story, just as much as the text does in a traditional novel.