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Submitted to Contest #329
It was a dark and stormy night. The kind that swallowed sound and bent shadows into strange, creeping shapes. Lightning carved jagged scars across the sky as Nora Bennett guided her truck along the narrow, twisting road that led to Hollowridge.She should’ve canceled the trip. But her sister, Lily, had stopped answering her phone three days ago—and the only clue she left behind was a voicemail whispering:“Don’t come here at night.”Nora came anyway.1. The House That WaitedWhen Nora reached the old family home, rain hammered the roof hard enoug...
Submitted to Contest #324
Author: Jon AndersonEmail: andersonjon29@gmail.comTitle: The Sound of EnginesWord Count: ~1,510Genre: Literary Fiction The Sound of Enginesby Jon Anderson The sea stopped being blue three days ago. Now it’s the color of bruises—purple and gray, with a faint shimmer of oil spreading from the overturned hull beside me. The raft groans when I shift, as if it resents my weight, as if it knows it’s the only thing between me and silence. The air tastes like salt and rubber. My lips have split in three places. When I speak, the cracks sting, but I...
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