I’m longing for a short story

Life is short for some. Short is a measure of time, a distance, an order of liquor. It’s a length of a story or of a nap, short hair or shortfall.
You can be short sighted, short on cash or time. 
You can take a shortcut, short walk or a short drive. Now there is a contest that is dedicated to the word … short. 
The definition of the word short is long!