I love stories, short or not.
My only rule: The story must be great.
You get a hopefully good idea, then the hard part starts: You must write the darn thing.
The trick is knowing when to stop. I"m a re-writer. Sometimes the words come in an orderly 5000-word armada. Often, they come out in a random, limping 752 word brigade. Then I re-write, re-write some more and re-write again. Lather, rinse, repeat.
After that, my editor hat goes on - and I s***h, and s***h some more. Then the writer"s group gets a hold of it. More slashes. Then the professional editors get it, and knock it around even more. It"s bloody and brutal. But, so is all creation. In the end, it"s hardened and polished and will hopefully shine.
Short stories can be any length, in any genre. And I like it that way. What fol
