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Submitted to Contest #323
How to Keep the Monsters OutWord Count: 1,760 | Author: Dan | Short Fiction SubmissionThere are three rules in the house.Ben recites them every night before bed.Auggie hums them like a song.Rule One: Knock three times on the wall.Rule Two: Whisper your name, so the house knows who to protect.Rule Three: Leave the milk by the door. Always.I don’t remember when the ritual started. It just… was.My mother did it. And her father before her brought it over from Romania. Probably the echo of some prehistoric knocking on a cave wall, trying to keep ...
Submitted to Contest #320
My first mistake was tripping on a root of a tree, on a trail I have walked 500 times. Something shiny caught the day's last few rays of light. I brushed the dirt and years of decomposing leaves off and saw a brass handle sticking up from a heavy door.I used my foot to clear the complete outline of the door. On all sides it sat perfectly flush with the hard packed dirt around it. Other than the handle, only three hinges of similar looking material rose above the ground, not even a millimeter. It almost looked like the door was being swallowe...
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