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A chart that explains story length. Microfiction = 250 words or less. Flash fiction is 1,000 words or less. A short story is under 7,500 words. A novelette is between 7,500 and 17,500 words. A novella is between 17,500 and 40,000 words. A novel is over 40,000

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Upstream (Novelette: Epistolary Survival)

An epistolary wilderness tragedy novelette about a young man who leaves home with dreams of becoming a prospectorm and believes that finding gold will be his key to a better life.

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Three-Blade Will (Novelette: Comedy-of-Errors)

A historically inspired comedy-of-errors novelette about class pride, escalating misunderstandings, and the way rumors and reputation can grow beyond the people directly involved.

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In-Development

When a suspicious body is brought before a coroner’s inquest, the jury investigation turns toward the town’s physicians, surgeons, apothecaries, and barber-surgeons, where professional pride and uneasy testimony begin to complicate the truth.

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Earlier Writing Archive

Pre-retinue writing projects outside of the current setting. Cringe horror, creepypastas, and other works originally written under a previous pen name.

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