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Memento Mori (short story) " Memento Mori " is a short story written by Jonathan Nolan and published in the March 2001 edition of Esquire magazine. It was the basis for the film Memento directed by his brother Christopher Nolan. [1] The name refers to memento mori, a symbolic or artistic expression of the Latin phrase meaning "remember that you ...
Axiomatic (short story) "Axiomatic" is a science-fiction short story by Australian writer Greg Egan, [1] first published in Interzone 41 in November 1990. [2] The short story was included in the collection The Best of Greg Egan in 2020. [3]
The Suit (short story) " The Suit " is a short story by the South African writer Can Themba. [1] It was first published in 1963 in the inaugural issue of The Classic, [2] a South African literary journal founded by Nat Nakasa and Nadine Gordimer. [3] On publication, the story was banned by the apartheid regime. [4] ".
September 1981. " Cathedral " is a short story written by American writer and poet Raymond Carver. It was the first story written after finishing What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. [1] ". Cathedral" was first published in the September 1981 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. It was later collected in a short story collection of the same ...
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 ...
The Boarding House. " Two Gallants " is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. It tells the story of two Irishmen who are frustrated with their lack of achievement in life and rely on the exploitation of others to live. [1] Joyce considered the story to be one of the most important in Dubliners.
Rashōmon (羅生門) is a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa based on tales from the Konjaku Monogatarishū.. The story was first published in 1915 in Teikoku Bungaku. Akira Kurosawa's film Rashomon (1950) is in fact based primarily on another of Akutagawa's short stories, "In a Grove"; only the film's title and some of the material for the frame scenes, such as the theft of a kimono and the ...
Publication date. August 15, 2009. " The Egg " is a fictional short story by American writer Andy Weir, [1] first published on his website Galactanet on August 15, 2009. [2] It is Weir's most popular short story and has been translated into over 30 languages by readers. [3] The story follows a nameless 48-year-old man who discovers the "meaning ...