Quick and dirty, less than 2000 words? 3000? 5? screw it if it's not straining the 10k limit it's not worth the time?
I have one i the pipe (Hopefully approved in the next couple weeks, just shy 5,000, on deck, 4200. what say ye? oh, they are both part ones.
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My advice would be to split the existing 5000 and 4200 in approximately half. You'll get more readers (ignoring factors for subject/tags/writing quality) as you'll find in WannabeWordsmith's link to a similar thread.
If the story and writing intrigue me enough the length becomes irrelevant but if I haven't read the author before I might ignore a story of 4-5K in favour of a shorter one.
