Why Not Short Stories?

[ethgania]

Short stories are love-hate for me. I like reading them. I like the idea of being able to sit down, write a story, not spending a million years finishing it or editing afterwords, and then having this cute bite-sized pocket of a world that anyone can read and enjoy without much commitment to read another hundred thousand words. I like analyzing short stories and seeing just how much they have in there.
But I think and expand waaay too much to ever fit any of my fantasy stuff into short form. I write disjointed scenes a lot, sure, but that's without explaining any of the background, etc, that someone not living in my head would need.

[julidrevezzo]

I just had one published in a small ezine. So, yeah, from time to time I still delve into them.

[Chesterama]

I love short stories! I love writing and reading them. They are especially great for a quick literary fix. I find them helpful to get creative juices flowing, as well.

[Anders Ämting]

I can't write short stories reliably. I've had maybe two good ideas for short stories in the last ten years, but otherwise my brain just isn't wired for short-term narratives. Every good idea I get immediately super-novas into a damn franchise.