[pshrynk]

[smartass]It's not so much a law as a guideline.[/smartass]

I think that the length of what you write is not as important so much as what the passion is that you pour into it. There are a lot of examples out there of short stories that have been expanded into novels. There are good and bad results.

Nowadays there are more venues for publishing and being read than before, so if you want to do an internet self-pub, and the stories are all short, then go for it and don't try to flog yourself into writing what you aren't wanting to write.