My personal goal this year is to write one short story every single day, at least 1,667 words each. However, because I am not so familiar yet with protecting my work from bots and scrapers, I’m only letting certain people see the stories at this time. You can contact me if you’d like to read them, and I’ll send you the password.
The theme this year is “Candid Cryptids.”
- Nov 1: A First Date – A mothwoman and a chupacabra meet in a bar on their first date.
- Nov 2: Second Chances – Harriet has worked for Mother of Tranquility Health and Wellness Center for centuries, but how much longer?
- Nov 3: Three Doors Down – Tamar wants to camp with his friends in Otherside, what’s the big deal? *Note: this is the least edited so far, but it was late and I had another paper due.
- Nov 4: Fourth Wall – The story would like to have a word with you.
- Nov 5: Change for a Five – Dr. Leeds runs a group therapy for cryptids court-ordered to address their addiction problems.
- Nov 6: A Six-Pack with the Guys – the Men In Black sit down to have a break-time game of Custom Heroes with a couple of Shadow People and the Hat Man
- Nov 7: Lucky Sevens – Once upon a time, a man was rude to his orchard and bad things happened. Then, something worse happened, and the Leprechaun has to figure out how to fix it.
- Nov 8: Pieces of Eight – Bruno von Reicht has the hardest job in Thiside: taking care of ghost babies.
- Nov 9: Dressed to the Nines – Penelope is about to host the Naming ceremony for her nephew, but what is this intruder in their oceanic home?
- Nov 10: Ten Billion Grains of Sand – Dr. Murphy meets with the board of directors to discuss the true nature of the hospital’s workings
- Nov 11: Eleventh Hour – Francis finds himself in a strange place with strange people, and he’s pretty sure he smells Death.
- Nov 12: Twelve Items or Less – Travis is working the overnight in the grocery when both a customer and his manager go missing
- Nov 13: Unlucky Thirteens – Desdemona was born under a bad star, on a bad day, in a bad month, or so it seems.
- Nov 14: Xivie and the Menagerie – Xivie is a demigoddess with the mind of a child and a deep love for collecting pets, whether they want to be collected or not
- Nov 15: Quinceanera – Camilla is turning 15, and she is not handling it well.
- Nov 16: Dulces Dieciséis – Now that unimaginable has happened, how can Camilla stay in Otralado?
- Nov 17: Edge of Seventeen – Henry’s plan to escape from Xivie doesn’t go the way he planned
- Nov 18: Eighteen and Life – It’s been eight years since Desdemona found herself on her own, and seven years since she made a deal that’s come home to roost
- Nov 19: Like It’s 1999 – Travis is working the overnight in the grocery store when the strangest customers of all show up – Othersiders!
- Nov 20: Good Judgment Days – At the Grim Grind Cafe, Brenda faces her biggest challenge: a simple cup of coffee
- Nov 21: Twenty One Million to One – Where we learn how Dr Murphy incurred his debt.
- Nov 22: Twenty Two and Holding – Penelope has to find out what really makes merfolk tick (in the sexy way)
- Nov 23: Heart Attack at Twenty Three – Captain Bruno von Recht visits Marcus’ parents, Octavia and Rob, about their son’s plans
- Nov 24: Twenty Four Hours to Go – The apple bones have been laid to rest, but who will take their place?
- Nov 25: That and Twenty Five Cents Will Get You a Cup of Coffee – Chuck investigates the Othersider that almost caught George
- Nov 26: Twenty Six Letters – We find out a little more about Dr. Leeds and his partner Leonard; they get a call from the Judge
- Nov 27: Three Squared – the Story pops back in to bring us up to speed and add a little more dimension
- Nov 28: Twenty Eight Days Later – following up a little more on Marcus’ plans and the fallout thereof