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Bottomfeeder

Somewhere deep in Louisiana’s Cane River Bayou, Levi aids his brother.

Placed #1 in Round 2 Cohort of ~50 stories in NYC Midnight’s
Flash Fiction Challenge 2024.

”The worldbuilding in this story is excellent ... haunting, cinematic ... readers can easily visualize the story.
We are no longer reading about this world, we are inside of it.” - NYCM Judge 2169


Dark Fantasy. Doing Anything for Family. Savoring Hopes and Dreams.

Flash Fiction | ~1,000 Words | July 2024