The Cunning Man || ONC 2021
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🔸️ ONC 2021 Shortlist & Honorable Mention 🔸️
In 1884, an accusation of witchcraft sent Cade Pellar running to Wyoming. A decade later, he's accused again by his own mail-order bride. The problem for Cade is that the accusations are only false because of a technicality: His magic's not witchcraft. It's Cunning.
But either way, semantics are the least of Cade's concerns.
Problem #1 is Mrs. Nora Pellar and the magic in her touch. Problem #2 is the Pinkerton that's been resurrected from his past. Problem #3 is that to solve the first two, Cade needs to embrace his magic. Which leads to Problem #4:
He'd sooner die than become a Cunning Man.
|| Primary Prompt: #22 || Secondary Prompt: #63 ||
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