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Date: 2023-01-28 01:14 pm (UTC)I agree with this — but I also feel it's harder to have an emotional connection with a work of short fiction, because there's so little space to establish that connection. Characters tend to be very thinly fleshed out, the story hinges on a single event, etc. I find with short stories I'm looking for a sort of flash of cleverness — an interesting idea or scenario, an unexpected twist on something familiar.
Folklore- and fairytale-based short stories are definitely my preferred subgenre as well.