The situation is too complicated or extensive to talk about. / The situation is too embarrassing to talk about.

(idiomatic) A sad story, especially one intended to elicit sympathy.

Anecdotal evidence for the benefits of some product or policy. / A successful person or thing, serving as a model for others.

Any narrative of an event, involving either military or civilian characters, in wartime. / (by extension) A description of a serious or difficult experience or ordeal.

(colloquial) That is as much as I know, am prepared to reveal or am willing to say about the subject. / (colloquial) That is the definitive fact; there can be no argument.

A work of fiction that is shorter than a novella.

A story, each section of which is written by a different author picking up where the previous one left off.

plural of story-poem

A story written in verse (in a form of a poem).

Alternative form of B-story