Short story thoughts

I’ve been tinkering with a short story. I’ve never written one before, and I don’t have enough of this one written to say if it’s easy or hard, or if I like writing shorts or not. I can say that I’m struggling with it. It’s set in the same universe as the Shadow Reader novels, so I’m attempting to write in first person present POV. The problem is, every thought that goes through my characters’ heads and every word that comes out of their mouths sounds like the thoughts and words of McKenzie –...