Author's article abridged fabulous story (4)

I believe the answer is:

myth

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'fabulous story' is the definition.
'myth' can be an answer for 'story' (myth is a kind of story). I'm not certain of the 'fabulous' bit.

'author's article abridged' is the wordplay.
'author's' becomes 'my' (belonging to the person writing).
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article in English).
'abridged' means to remove the last letter.
'the' with its last letter removed is 'th'.
'my'+'th'='MYTH'

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(Other definitions for myth that I've seen before include "Story of old gods" , "Traditional allegory" , "Ancient story" , "Common false belief" , "false interpretation?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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