Murder at The Gilded Dove

A dead brothel owner tries to solve his own murder from beyond the grave

Photo by Brad on Unsplash

I participated in the 2022 NYC Midnight Short Story Contest. I had one week to write a short story, 2500 words or less, after being given a genre (“mystery”), a character (“trooper”), and a subject (“fool’s gold”). While I did not place in the first round and move on to the rest of the contest, I…