novelette
Short-story-plus length
A novelette is a work of prose fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novella, typically running between 7,500 and 20,000 words.
The term appears most often in science fiction and fantasy publishing, where word-count categories matter for awards and submissions.
Outside genre fiction, novelette sometimes carries a faintly dismissive tone, suggesting a work that is slight or sentimental.
Brief prose fiction
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- narrativeAccount of events
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- charactersPersons in a narrative
genre · storytelling · fable · allegory · parable · vignette · sketch · episode
Science fiction award
- NebulaScience fiction literary prize
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- word countTotal of terms
- categoryA class of things
nominee · winner · science fiction · fantasy · anthology · submission · publication
Small booklet of verse
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- bookletBrief printed publication
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- proseUnversified language
composition · text · wordcraft · authorship · writing · pulp · serialized · anthology
Narrative of romantic involvement
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- passionIntense emotional drive
infatuation · sweetheart · melodrama · sentimental · heartthrob · bodice-ripper · Harlequin · Mills & Boon
Of lasting excellence
- retroEvoking recent past
- nostalgicLonging for the past
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- golden agePeriod of peak prosperity
penny dreadful · serialized · Victorian · Edwardian · antiquarian · collectible · yellowed pages · bygone
short story
Brief prose fiction
characters · genre · storytelling · fable · allegory · parable · vignette · sketch · episode · anecdote
Hugo
Science fiction award
- NebulaScience fiction literary prize
- speculative fictionGenre of imagined realities
- word countTotal of terms
category · nominee · winner · science fiction · fantasy · anthology · submission · publication
chapbook
Small booklet of verse
- pamphletUnbound topical booklet
- bookletBrief printed publication
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
prose · composition · text · wordcraft · authorship · writing · pulp · serialized · anthology · collection
love story
Narrative of romantic involvement
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- amourRomantic liaison, often illicit
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
passion · infatuation · sweetheart · melodrama · sentimental · heartthrob · bodice-ripper · Harlequin · Mills & Boon · tryst
classic
Of lasting excellence
golden age · penny dreadful · serialized · Victorian · Edwardian · antiquarian · collectible · yellowed pages · bygone
noveletteepic
Impressively grand in scope
tome · magnum opus · doorstopper · saga · trilogy
noveletteepic
Impressively grand in scope
literary masterpiece · magnum opus · classic · literary fiction