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Day of the Dead

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Genres: Fantasy
Sub-genres: General Fantasy, Urban Fantasy

Esperanza, a descendant of curanderas, grapples with her identity and unspoken love for Lucía. As the Day of the Dead approaches, mysterious disappearances unsettle their town and deepen Esperanza’s inner conflict. During the parade, a lost soul seeks her help, uncovering hidden truths of love and loss long forgotten. Torn between family traditions and her true self, Esperanza must choose whether to embrace her ancestral powers and feelings for Lucía, helping lost souls while finding her own voice.

This is a short story, part of a flash fiction collection inspired by images or prompts.

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Jack Poignet

Jack Poignet 279

   1 of 1 member found this review helpful 1 / 1 member

Yes, I've read that "This is a short story, part of a flash fiction collection inspired by images or prompts." But I struggle to see this as a story. For me, it's a story outline with lots of interesting ideas and angles to explore. I don't think less than 10.000 words would do all the ideas in this story justice. Why not pick out a specific scene or image from the outline and write a scene or short story about that? Better yet, write the full story. I'd like to read it.

Response from the author:

Hi Jack - Thank you for reading, and your feedback.

I've been putting some more thought into this and looking at how I could expand upon this more. Need to keep the wheels turning to figure out how to expand upon this (super) short story into something that is several thousand word.

I have been working on another story, which is a murder mystery but given it's the first time I've written something that complex and don't read a lot of similar stories I'll need to do a bit more reading to better understand how to write something that is compelling, and entertaining to read.

I really appreciate the time you took to write this and to read the story.

Regards,

R

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