Oh, for crying out loud.

Saki!
James Thurber!

If I write a short story would it get its own thread or could I post it here?

Also, how long does a story have to be to be a short story and not (what would you call it? A paragraph? A sentence? A page?) something else?

At what length does it become a "novella" (if fiction) or is the distinction between novel and -lla obsolete, in which case, same question for novel?

Can there be a short story that isn't fiction, or does the word "story" in the phrase determine it to be fiction?

If no, then what do you call a short non-fiction piece?

Now *this* is a Mudcat thread!