Around Christmas 2016, I submitted a short story to a contest where the winning entries are read by a professional actor. The story is up for viewing!
This story started years ago as a writing prompt for the Round Hill Writers Group. That version was 1000 words long. This opportunity came up, and I decided to give it a try. There was a constraint–the submission had to be 400 words or less while still having a beginning, middle, and end.
To meet the challenge, I took the last third of my prompt story and crafted a new beginning. Afterward, I polished it and submitted.
Now, it’s available on the contest site and YouTube. It’s only 2 and half minutes long, so it’s a quick watch.
I have to give the actor, Hugh Ritchie, a special shout-out for doing a great job with the reading.
I’m an author living in northern Virginia with a wife and a cat. In the late ’80s, I worked on the International Space Station project. I recently retired from managing a group of software engineers to focus on writing science fiction and speculative fiction. Learn more.