BEDTIME STORIES Synonyms: 25 Similar Words

bedtime stories

noun

plural of bedtime story

as in short stories

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The location is where famed writer Edgar Allan Poe began penning short stories and launched his literary career in the 1830s.

— CBS News, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
In total, Higgins Clark wrote over 40 suspense novels, four collections of short stories, a historical novel, a memoir, and two children’s books.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of short stories

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Sans will operate with another company under Reshoring Textiles called Spinnere, which, according to its official website, makes cotton, cotton-rich blends, and filament yarns for mills and brands from its facilities in Alabama and South Carolina.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
But the two who chose to spin a couple of yarns had excellent stories from their time on the line and reveled in the size of the headquarters of what used to be the Chrysler Corporation, which has cut them both checks since the 1960s.

— Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026

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The book features illustrations from Demelsa Haughton, who also illustrated Tori and the Muses and is known for her retelling of six Hans Christian Anderson fairy tales, among her many other works.

— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2026
In her 2016 film The Love Witch, writer and director Anna Biller told the story of a modern-day witch driven by her desire for the kind of classical romance that fairy tales are made of.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026

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Child welfare agents said abuse may have occurred, but the perpetrator was unknown, according to records reviewed by The Washington Post.

— Lara Korte The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
As a result, unauthorized access to those systems can expose records belonging to patients across multiple healthcare organizations.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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