The Long and the Short of It is a literary publication that challenges writers to work within two distinct formal constraints: the very short story of 500 words or fewer, and the long story of 5,000 to 10,000 words. For its "Addendum" issue, the editors seek fiction that engages with the marginal, the supplementary, and the corrective—whether as a narrative device, a structural principle, or a thematic concern. The call is open to all writers, with no fee to submit, and the deadline is 1 November 2026. The "Addendum" theme invites interpretations that range from the literal to the conceptual: a correction to a classic novel, an excluded clause in a historical figure's life, a glossary of the unsaid, or an afterthought that reconfigures what came before. The editors are looking for work that makes the reader want to "stick around for the credits"—that is, fiction where the supplementary material carries its own weight and resonance. This is not a call for mere footnotes, but for stories that interrogate the relationship between the main text and its appendices, between the official record and its erasures. Writers may submit up to three short stories, each beginning on a new page, or a single long story. All submissions must be double-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman or a similar font. The journal's commitment to both brevity and expanse suggests a curatorial vision that values precision and depth in equal measure, and that understands the short and long forms as complementary rather than oppositional.