A story within a story, also referred to as an embedded narrative, is a literary device in which a character within a story becomes the narrator of a...

piece to a story within a story, where an introductory or main narrative sets the stage either for a more emphasized second narrative or for a set of shorter...

A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents...

development of his story's arc." Many American comic book series are now written in four- or six-issue arcs, within a continuing series. Short story arcs are easier...

A Ghost Story is a 2017 American supernatural drama film written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara, and Will Oldham...

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story is a 2023 American animated psychological thriller short film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales...

Story structure or narrative structure is the recognizable or comprehensible way in which a narrative's different elements are unified, including in a...

Kutty Story (transl. Short story) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language romantic anthology film, consisting of four short film segments directed by Gautham Vasudev...

are in the style of stories within stories, and the frame story is The Story Of King Shahryar of Persia and His Brother or The Story Of King Shahryar and...

films: Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), Toy Story 4 (2019), and the spin-off film within a film Lightyear (2022). A fifth film...

Story of the Eye (French: L'histoire de l'œil) is a 1928 novella written by Georges Bataille as Lord Auch (literally, Lord "to the shithouse" — "auch"...

Bildungsroman is a specific subgenre of coming-of-age story. The plot points of coming-of-age stories are usually emotional changes within the character(s)...

Toy Story is a 1995 American animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the Toy Story franchise...

Story 2 is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the sequel to Toy Story...

In fiction, an origin story is an account or backstory revealing how a character or group of people become a protagonist or antagonist. In American comic...

West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired...

Marriage Story is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach, who also produced the film with David Heyman. It stars Scarlett Johansson...

connected within the literary tradition of weird fiction. Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the River Danube. Throughout the story, Blackwood...

Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in...

term "ghost story" can refer to any kind of scary story. In a narrower sense, the ghost story has been developed as a short story format, within genre fiction...

male and by Catherine Taber if female. Other main characters within the Minecraft: Story Mode world include Jesse's friends Petra (voiced by Ashley Johnson)...

the series serves as a direct spin-off/companion series to American Horror Story, and the third installment in the American Story media franchise. In contrast...

within Egypt that newer copies have been found ranging up to 750 years after the original. The Story of Sinuhe is written in verse and opens with a wording...

Story takes place within the cavernous interior of a floating island. The island is populated by Mimiga, a race of sentient, rabbit-like creatures. A...

Queen of Spades (Russian: «Пиковая дама», romanized: Pikovaya dama) is a short story with supernatural elements by Alexander Pushkin, about human avarice...

The Story of Art, by E. H. Gombrich, is a survey of the history of art from ancient times to the modern era. First published in 1950 by Phaidon, the book...

of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment. Every culture has its own narratives, which are shared as a means of entertainment...

"Love Story" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was released as the lead single from her second studio album, Fearless, on September...

The Forever Story is the third studio album by American rapper JID. It was released on August 26, 2022, through Dreamville and Interscope Records. Recorded...

Gangster: A Love Story is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language musical romantic thriller film directed by Anurag Basu. It stars Kangana Ranaut, Emraan Hashmi...