I have no doubts about this—Mark would be very proud! Once again, I missed first place by just one vote (cast in the last ten minutes). Still, this is the second time I’ve finished in 2nd place. I'm super happy! I posted the story on Substack, read it here; open.substack.com/pub/fatherno...

I posted another story (currently running in a flash fiction contest) on my Substack yesterday, head on over there to dig in! Enjoy! open.substack.com/pub/fatherno...

Anyone else having trouble with #substack today? It's not loading anything today.

I started writing Nathaniel about 2 months ago in June, and recently finished it after some careful walk-throughs. As this story is just way too long to post here, counting about 4700 words and it's too much of a hassle to post it here correctly so if you'd like just follow the link in the comments.

I recently opened a #Substack account, so if you're on there too, be sure to follow and subscribe! Plus I posted another short story yesterday—hope to see you there: substack.com/@fathernoctu...

So guess what I also have? That's right! My very own Substack account... You can follow me here if you'd like. 😉 substack.com/@fathernoctu... And have a nice sunday!

My story didn’t take 1st place—just missed it by a vote or two—but it did finish in 2nd place. That’s freaking awesome too! 🥳 I’ve already submitted another story for the next theme, but first, let me just savor this moment. 😊🙏🏻 Thank you @crystallake.bsky.social , i had lots of fun!

After four days of writing I finished another short story for next month's theme, retaining a first person narrative for this story—but this time I also decided to go with a second person narrative as i found it quite fitting to tell this story. The main character, though, isn't one you'd expect.😉

Yesterday my story was posted by the publisher on their Patreon page. The story has already garnered around eleven likes and five comments, filled with praise-Trevor commented, 'Great job. This is really good. I'm fucking creeped out.' This is why I write--to creep people out in the best way I can.

Yesterday I started writing another story, I decided to keep the first person narrative (it's becoming my signature writing style)--in the opening itself we see our "hero" reflecting back to a pivotal day in his childhood, one that stayed with him for years to come. One that left a lasting trauma..