Date: 2006-03-25 09:14 am (UTC)
I, of course, have a theory about that. :)

This is a generalisation, but as a rule, longer stories have their own character development and a self-contained plot, so they are innately more memorable than short pieces, which tend to rely more on canon for their broader context.

The exceptions, like Babble, just blow my mind. But I rec the other well-written shorts too, and even drabbles, if I like them enough. Because sometimes a short is just what I feel like, so it's nice to be able to find the good ones again easily. There's an art to a good short, and they can be so pleasing, even if they are more ephemeral. In fact, I think it's the emphemeral nature of them that I respond to.

To get personal for a moment, I find it interesting to watch the pattern of my own stories when they get recced. Basically, I can't pick it all. Some that I think are quite good haven't been recced much at all, and ones I think are kind of ordinary pop up in all sorts of unexpected places. But that's the zeitgeist for you, I guess.
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