Here are some other specific examples of paranoia: 1  Loathing or hatred of activities you or normal people would usually feel comfortable in, such as parties, large crowds, and the mall.  Excessive worry about what people think about you, or that they are laughing about or whispering about you behind your back.
As a point of reference for the genre writer, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America define short story length in the Nebula Awards for science fiction submission guidelines as having a word count of fewer than 7,500.
Here is a general guide to story length, expressed in the word count: 1  Short-short stories are under 2,500 words. 2  Short stories can range from 2,500 to 7,500 words. 3  Novellettes are from 7,500 to 20,000 words.  Novellas are from 20,000 to 50,000 1  words. Novels are from 70,000 to 90,000 words.