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Submitted to Contest #239
For the Creative Writing 102 final exam, my instructions to the class were straightforward: write a one-page original story, double-spaced. It must contain all the elements of narrative: setting, plot, character(s), conflict, resolution, and what I called “a mysterious riddle.” The instance when all the puzzle pieces fit, except for one missing piece. The reader must find it and make it fit. I explained my assignment was like the disappearance of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, a distant relativ...
Submitted to Contest #138
The night watchman arose for his last shift at Horizon Theater. Its closing performance was underway. The following morning, the building would be prepped for demolition. Once a dark theatrical epic, “Lost Souls” had become its epitaph. A cast of caricatures trundled across the stage in random acts of mock comradery. Pervasive darkness manifested in players tormented by a sinister otherness: their out-of-body phantoms writhing and convulsing as sonic discord sailed through the auditorium. Fresnel lamps spewed surreal...
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