Contes

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conte \Conte\, n.; pl. {Contes}. [F.]
     A short narrative or tale, esp. one dealing with surprising
     or marvelous events.
  
           The conte (sic) is a tale something more than a sketch,
           it may be, and something less than a short story. . . .


           The "Canterbury Tales" are contes, most of them, if not
           all, and so are some of the "Tales of a Wayside Inn."
                                                    --Brander
                                                    Matthews.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]