Category: Short Story

Category: Short Story

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May 26, 2020 NYCM Contest, Short Story Kade Kessler

This story was written as an entry in the 2016 NYCMidnight Flash Fiction Contest. I had 2 days to write a <1,000 word story with the following prompts: Genre = Fantasy // Location = Cotton Plantation // Object = Mustard * * * Tiny white clouds of cotton rise up from their stalks around me

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The Cube
May 25, 2020 NYCM Contest, Short Story Kade Kessler

This story was written as an entry in the 2014 NYCMidnight Short Story Contest. I had 7 days to write a <2,500 word story with the following prompts: Genre = Fantasy // Subject = Mathematics // Character = Professional Athlete * * * I watch Subject 309734 through the foot-thick glass. I’ve named him Bob.

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