Template:Infobox short story

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Usage

“{{{name}}}”
[[File:{{{image}}}|frameless]] {{{caption}}}
Author	{{{author}}}
Original title	"{{{title_orig}}}"
Translator	{{{translator}}}
Country	{{{country}}}
Language	{{{language}}}
Series	{{{series}}}
Genre(s)	{{{genre}}}
Published in	{{{published_in}}}
Publication type	{{{publication_type}}}
Publisher	{{{publisher}}}
Media type	{{{media_type}}}
Publication date	{{{pub_date}}}
Published in English	{{{english_pub_date}}}
Preceded by	"{{{preceded_by}}}"
Followed by	"{{{followed_by}}}"

{{Infobox short story
| name                = 
| image               = <!-- include the [[file:]] and size -->
| caption             = 
| author              = 
| title_orig          = 
| translator          = 
| country             = 
| language            = 
| series              = 
| genre               = 
| published_in        = 
| publication_type    =
| publisher           = 
| media_type          = 
| pub_date            = 
| english_pub_date    = 
| preceded_by         = 
| followed_by         = 
| preceded_by_italics = 
| followed_by_italics = 
}}

Parameters

name

title of work

image

image file

caption

image caption

author

name of author

title_orig

if title has been translated, title in original language

translator

name of translator, if applicable

country

home country of author

language

original language of story

series

series the story is a part of, if applicable

genre

genre the story falls into, see below

published_in

what the story was first released in, e.g. the name of the anthology, magazine, etc)

publication_type

how the story was first released, e.g. anthology, periodical, etc

publisher

name of publisher responsible for first edition

media_type

the media the story was first released in, e.g. hardback, paperback, magazine, newspaper, online

pub_date

date of first release or publication

english_pub_date

if applicable, date of first publication in English

preceded_by

if applicable, the name of the work preceding the story in a series

followed_by

if applicable, the name of the work following the story in a series

preceded_by_italics

replaces "preceded_by" if the preceding story requires an italic title (e.g. a novel)

followed_by_italics

replaces "followed_by" if the following story requires an italic title (e.g. a novel)

For genre, see List of literary genres. There are older deprecated aliases for parameters pub_date, published_in and english_pub_date called release_date, released_in and english_release_date.

Please do not make major changes to the infobox without proposing and discussing it on the talk page first.

Example

“Runaround”
Author	Isaac Asimov
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Robot series
Genre(s)	Science fiction short story
Published in	Astounding Science Fiction
Publication type	Periodical
Publisher	Street & Smith
Media type	Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
Publication date	March 1942
Preceded by	"First Law"
Followed by	"Reason"

{{Infobox short story 
| name             = Runaround
| author           = [[Isaac Asimov]]
| country          = United States 
| language         = English
| series           = [[Robot series (Asimov)|''Robot'' series]]
| genre            = [[Science fiction]] [[short story]]
| publication_type = [[Periodical]]
| published_in     = ''[[Astounding Science Fiction]]''
| publisher        = [[Street & Smith]]
| media_type       = Print (Magazine, Hardback & Paperback)
| pub_date         = March 1942
| preceded_by      = [[First Law]]
| followed_by      = [[Reason (Asimov)|Reason]]
}}

See also

• {{Infobox book}}
• {{Infobox novella}}

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