Well, trends wax and wane, authors come and go, and in years past *all* the stories were shorter.

A few years ago, I wrote a drama that came out to 76k and couldn't believe how long it was goofy but my most recent story was just shy of 200k. But I've also got two attempts at short comedy stuff this year...

Congratulations on coming out of lurkerdom smile

PJ
(Pam Jernigan on the archive, if you're curious)

"You told me you weren't like other men," she said, shaking her head at him when the storm of laughter had passed.
He grinned at her - a goofy, Clark Kent kind of a grin. "I have a gift for understatement."
"You can say that again," she told him.
"I have a...."
"Oh, shut up."

--Stardust, Caroline K