Hello, Elindsen & Samantha! We've sent a response to your e-mail inquiry, but I wanted to post this up here just in case others ended up having the same questions. Obviously, there were more than two people getting confused, so I'm happy to try to clarify!
Typically, there are a couple anthology calls throughout the year that call for a shorter length than our usual 10-20K (such as our
Coffee Break Quickies call, which could be anything from 2,500 to 5,000 in length, or
Queer Fear, which was 8-12K). We will also consider short stories under 10,000 words from authors who have contracted with us previously. An example of this is Cornelia Grey's
Apples and Regret and Wasted Time. That short was one we took a chance on, and it's had an incredibly positive reception.
In our experience, short stories, especially ones shorter than 10,000 words, don't sell as well as novella or novel length submissions. As such, we're taking more of a risk on contracting short stories, so we pick and choose carefully when it comes to extending contracts for single release short stories. Now, if you have several short stories that you put together into a single-author collection, that's a slightly different situation, and we would deal with that kind of submission on a case by case basis.
I hope this answered everyone's questions! If any aspect of our policy is still confusing, please don't hesitate to e-mail us with the question. We're always happy to help out so you know whether your stories are a good fit with us or not.
Thanks again for bringing this up!
~K. Piet
Marketing Director
Storm Moon Press, LLC
http://www.stormmoonpress.com/