What makes a good short story, /lit/?

>>9540807
Tentacle rape

1/4 mile speed

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>short - not too long
>well written
>enjoyable
>printed on nice paper in attractive binding with no stickers or tears
>????

Dublin as a setting

>Bartleby
memorable characters

I think a good ending is more important in a short story than a novel.

I don't tend to 'do' short stories but I recently finished The Man Who Walked Through Walls and Other Stories by Marcel Aymé. It's a really eclectic mixed bag and I'd throughly recommend checking it out for some inspiration.

>>9542538
>realizes that do is the wrong word
>puts it in quotes
>doesn't just say read like a normal person

>>9540816
>printed on nice paper in attractive binding with no stickers or tears
>binding makes a story good

>>9542538
Nice, I'll check it out.

>>9542602
Yeah that guy is undoubtedly a faggot and my pseud-meter is off the charts.

>>9542538
Pseud 'detected'.

>>9540807
usually the way you write a short story is that you write down a memory of a longer story if that makes any sense at all