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Submitted to Contest #22
Civic Square. 12:00 a.m. Happy New Year.Blood-red ink. No signature. Fingerprints wiped clean.Officer Elsa Siward closes her eyes and sees the message etched behind them. She’s the only one taking the threat seriously. The rest think it’s a prank, a bluff, a waste of time. Or maybe they just don’t want to work on New Year’s Eve.Siward has a feeling about it, though. And she’s been on the job long enough to know she should trust her feelings.She takes a mental inventory of the town square. Women shivering in short dresses, crimson li...
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