Even so, only a foolish writer would assume that all's well, and it's likely that many provocative stories and novels have remained in the drawer.

Lolita was Kubrick's first film to generate controversy because of its provocative story.

Test scores tell a provocative story.

Two of the more provocative stories are about neighbors whose sense of community failed them when they needed it most.

This provocative story, if I am reading it right, is about the wide gulf that separates the "worlds" of a mother and her son.

Maybe the solution is to add a little roundup of provocative stories from the rest of the world, maybe on the Web site.

One of his best-known techniques was to provide the beginning of a philosophically provocative story.

Waking Madison is the provocative story of a young woman's battle with mental illness.

Its episode served as an extremely powerful metaphor for euthanasia and is arguably one of the most morally provocative stories ever written for Transformers.

Each episode treats the viewer to a provocative and arousing story punctuated by highly charged erotic sequences.