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Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the franchise of the same name, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. It was directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut) and ...
The Monkey's Paw. " The Monkey's Paw " is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1902, and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, The Lady of the Barge, later that year. [1] In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an ...
J.H. Wyman on writing and directing the episode "A Short Story About Love" was co-written by executive producer J.H. Wyman and co-producer Graham Roland. Wyman stated that the episode had "scary" and "romantic" themes, and as the title indicated, was "all about motivation. Love is a great motivator, for good and evil." He and fellow executive producer Jeff Pinkner believed the episode was ...
The Greatest Gift. " The Greatest Gift " is a 1943 short story written by Philip Van Doren Stern, loosely based on the Charles Dickens 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, which became the basis for the film It's a Wonderful Life (1946). It was self-published as a booklet in 1943 and published as a book in 1944.
The story is about a class of students on Venus, which, in this story, is a world of constant rainstorms, where the sun is only visible for two hours every seven years. One of the children, Margot, moved to Venus from Earth five years earlier and is the only one who remembers the sun, since it shines regularly on Earth. She describes the sun to ...
Website. nebulas.sfwa.org. The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short story if it is less than 7,500 words; awards are also given out for longer ...
Not long after, Rita leaves to take care of her ill mother, leaving Lester and Andy alone. Feeling the malevolent presence growing bolder in his wife's absence, Lester began to panic and decided to move Andy to a separate bedroom, knowing that the monster would go for him. That night, Andy cried "boogeyman!" while being put to bed and, an hour ...
Print ( periodical) " The Black Cat " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favorite, a pet black cat, bites him one night and the ...