Answer and Explanation:
<u>From my understanding, all you need is to express that the novel contains the short story. In that case, I believe the best way to do it is the following:</u>
- The short story "The River" by Adrienne Maree Brown, <u>featured</u> in the novel "Octavia's Brood" by the same author, etc.
In case the sentence is not supposed to present any more information, we could simply end it this way:
- The short story "The River" by Adrienne Maree Brown, <u>features</u> in the novel "Octavia's Brood" by the same author.
<u>That way, the structure is not flawed, and we also avoid repeating information, such as the author's name. I believe the structure above is the most direct one.</u> In case you'd like to make it a bit longer, we could try the following:
- Adrienne Maree Brown's novel, "Octavia's Brood", contains several short stories by Brown, among which is "The River".
This is a bit less direct, but it can also work for your purposes.