Answer: novellas

AnswerCrossword Clue
NOVELLASTales not overlong
NOVELLAS"Animal Farm" et al.
NOVELLASShort tales
NOVELLAS"Billy Budd" and "Ethan Frome"
NOVELLASShort stories of sorts
NOVELLASShort fiction
NOVELLASMelville genre
NOVELLAS"Billy Budd" and "Death in Venice," for two
NOVELLASLonger kin of short stories
NOVELLASBoccaccio tales
NOVELLAS"Death in Venice" and "Of Mice and Men"
NOVELLAS"Billy Budd" and "Of Mice and Men"
NOVELLASMid-length works of fiction
NOVELLASLong short stories
novellasfictional prose narrative that is longer and more complex than a short story; short novel
novellastale or short story of the type contained in the Decameron of Boccaccio