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Submitted to Contest #302
Alan squinted, trying to decipher the red letters that were globbed together on the mirror. He recognized the letter “r,” it was backwards. R for ransom; was it a ransom note? Perhaps the letter was written for the people on the other side of the mirror; maybe he was on the wrong side of the mirror. As he tried to read the words, he noticed the dusty wooden walls were missing entire boards. The sun shone through the gaps illuminating particles floating in the air. The lipstick ransom note. He was in a brothel. He couldn’t remember entering t...
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