Submitted to: Contest #321

Who was Haman Field?

Written in response to: "Write a story that has a big twist."

Fiction Mystery Thriller

This story contains themes or mentions of mental health issues.

No one seemed to know many things about Haman Field. This was the oddest part of his existence in their lives as he seemed to know everything about you. He would walk up to you with a smile and a relaxed demeanor, taking the time out of his day to connect with you, asking you how you are, about your family, or how your hopes and dreams were coming along. He was somehow always there when you needed him, and he knew exactly what you needed while he was there. However, what made him truly special was his unyielding kindness and how he cared for everyone in the town like a father.

That was his magic, he truly listened to you and seemed to care about you, giving his attention freely so that you might feel like a peaceful spotlight fell upon you, allowing you to truly exist in the eyes of someone who loved you for a moment. After a few years of this, he knew so many things about so many people, he knew what troubled them, their hopes & dreams, and what made them pick their heads up so they can keep moving forward. He was the gust of wind many people needed to move forward, like they were truly alive for the first time after talking to him.

He helped Ms. Dower realize her dream and open her business, he helped James with his school troubles, and he even helped the local drunks stay warm on a cold night not only with blankets and hot food but with an ear to talk in to and a laugh that lit up the night. It seemed as if everyone in town was touched by his generosity and loving hand, guiding everyone to a fuller version of themselves.

He made it feel possible to be what you always knew you could be. To the towns people, it was almost as if he made the sun shine and the birds sing, like life would stop without him. However, despite all that he brought into their lives, it was only after he seemingly walked out of theirs that they realized they knew nothing about him and how important he had become to them.

After a few days of his absence, people began to murmur about what he could be doing, what had drawn his attention away. After a few weeks people began to speak out “Where is he? Is he ok? Do you think he could be hurt?” but no action was taken to locate him. It was only after a month of him not showing up in town anymore did people begin to search and that was when people began to realize they knew nothing about him. As the whole town searched for him, questions were arising between the towns people and that they soon realized no one had the answers for.

Where does he live?” inquired James, the schoolboy whose discipline he owed to Haman Field Don’t leave us!.

You know I can’t say, he always seemed just to show up when I needed someone to talk to, no matter where I was at.” said Sarah, the actress who Haman Field Where are you? had motivated to start acting.

The local bakery owner, Ms. Dower asked, “Did he have any family?”.

He always said that the only family he had or needed was the townspeople, he said we made him feel whole.” Responded Mrs. Bunders, a widow who he helped with her kids after her husband died.

This turned from a manhunt into a search for answers about Haman Field Where is he?!. It seemed impossible for him to be so present in their lives but no one in the town seemed to present in his. The longer they looked for him and these answers, the more of a certainty that became. The people of the town became frantic, the mystery around Haman Field We need him! consumed them and it became all anyone could talk about.

Did you know people realized that he was always wearing the same thing? How practical of him!” Whispered Jessica, the church girl to Mark, the choir boy.

Mark said, “I know! He also apparently never ate, drank, or bought anything from anywhere in town either. He must've been an angel.

The men down at the pub remarked, “People would buy him a drink or a meal, but he’d never touch it, he’d always be too busy imparting his own kindness to receive theirs.”

He made you feel like the most important person in the world, like nothing else mattered, but now... it feels like he was hiding something from us. I just hope he returns soon, safe and sound.” Remarked Matt the town Mayor, who would’ve never been mayor without Haman Field’s Please come back! support.

The people chattered and chattered so much that it began to hurt. Their voices rose higher and higher till they seemed to reach the sky of their small town. All noise was rattling around and threatening to break the illusion that had been so carefully constructed. A whole towns worth of people all talking over each other, trying to figure out where Haman Field You can’t leave us! went and when he was coming back, wailing and crying about the fact he had left. They screamed for his comfort and his presence, but I could barely think anymore let alone help them solve their imaginary problems in their imaginary lives because that’s all they are. Imaginary people that I made up so that I would be less lonely, but they became too real, too loud, too demanding. I gave them my compassion too freely and now they demand it because they don’t know how to exist without it.

They all want the light now, they want to run the show and have control of me, but I can’t let them. I have to be stronger than their demands or I’ll be locked away in my own mind, my only purpose to support and a world that only started to keep me sane but now threatens my sanity. I have to get them under control, I must control them, or Haman Field WE WILL FIND YOU!! will be lost forever.”

Posted Sep 23, 2025
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