Allow change of scene after short story (7)
I believe the answer is:
license
'allow' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'change of scene after short story' is the wordplay.
'change of' is an anagram indicator.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'story' becomes 'lie' (I've seen this before).
'lie' with its final letter taken off is 'li'.
'scene' anagrammed gives 'cense'.
'cense' after 'li' is 'LICENSE'.
(Other definitions for license that I've seen before include "Authorise officially" , "Entitle" , "Give permission" , "Silence (anag.)" , "Grant official permit to sell or trade" .)