Tip: in Short Stories, Include a Twist (a Little Something Extra.)
Short stories are SHORT. They can be very satisfying for readers if you include a twist. O. Henry is the master of the twist. However, in our terms, your twist doesn’t need to be super-clever. It just needs to intrigue the reader: make him FEEL. Fiction is about emotion. So give your readers a little something extra to excite or intrigue them.