I figured short stories would be better, with the short attention spans, and busy lives everyone has.
Yes... When I first got into online content writing about 25 years ago, it was already well understood that we lost most readers by the third paragraph. Short and sweet, was what most editors wanted (Article writing, especially)
Readers also seemed to want 'getting to the point' quicker than hand held reading material. I suspect these rules still hold true today and your chances of actually being read increase with relatively short pieces, as episodes in a series.
I'll be keeping my eye on the feeds for your future posts😎