collection of short stories; collected short stories
recollection; reminiscence
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
editor (in publishing, etc.)
and (also); both ... and; as well as
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
original story (as opposed to a sequel, spin-off, etc.); main story; this volume; the movie (as opposed to the trailers; at a movie theater); feature film (main item in a cinema program); movie based on a TV series
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
short story; short film; short poem
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to live fast (and recklessly)
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
worldview; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung; setting (for a fictional work); world; universe
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
residing; living; dwelling
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; sudden; abrupt
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)
personal computer; PC; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
bitter tears; (lit.) tears of blood
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)