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The short story is a crafted form in its own right. Short stories make use of plot, resonance, and other dynamic components as in a novel, but typically to a lesser degree. While the short story is largely distinct from the novel or novella (a shorter novel), authors generally draw from a common pool of literary techniques. Short story writers may define their works as part of the artistic and personal expression of the form. They may also attempt to resist categorization by genre and fixed formation. Short stories have deep roots and the power of short fiction has been recognised in modern society for hundreds of years. The short form is, conceivably, more natural to us than longer forms. We are drawn to short stories as the well-told story, and as William Boyd, the award-winning British author and short story writer has said: "[short stories] seem to answer something very deep in our nature as if, for the duration of its telling, something special has been created, some essence of our experience extrapolated, some temporary sense has been made of our common, turbulent journey towards the grave and oblivion".[2] In terms of length, word count is typically anywhere from 1,000 to 4,000 for short stories, however some have 20,000 words and are still classed as short stories. Stories of fewer than 1,000 words are sometimes referred to as "short short stories", or "flash fiction".[3]

The story is short and sweet.. satisfied with the progress of the story and the sweet happy ending. Thank you author for the short and lovely story hope to read more of your short stories.

I really like it! Its good! I like short stories, and this is a good short story, I like how original the worldbuilding is, but its too fastpaced, which I guess most short stories are.

Best story I have ever read and will continue reading. Love the short king that is sunny

One of the more uniqu stories out there. Paying homage to Doctor Who and with a bit of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series, we are presented with a tale that’s familiar yet comforting and intriguing at the same time.