Short stories make me feel claustrophobic. This is a form for which I have little feeling, so I don’t think I can say anything constructive. I need a lot of room to develop my plot and subplots, and in a short story you hit only one note. I need a symphony.
A superb short story can be a beautiful thing and I apologize to those of you who love this form. As my mother used to say: “If we all liked the same thing, think how bored we would get.”