Christopher Mason

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“The Killing Dove ” by Christopher Mason

Submitted to Contest #79

Ping!The glass jar shifted slightly as a lead pellet ricocheted off its rim.“That’s a hit.” said the boy holding the rifle. He was fourteen years old, growing bony but still soft-skinned and as beautiful as a child.“It didn’t break, Dan. It’s my turn now,” said Cley, who was standing next to him. Two years younger, he was slight-framed with a large head and an active, frowning brow. The boys knew each other well; Daniel’s father was dating Cley’s mother, and neither boy was happy about it.“Two turns each.”“No, you said one turn each. You’ve ...

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I'm a writer and filmmaker from South Africa, living with my family in a village in the Peloponnesian mountains of Greece. I've been making documentaries for the last decade, but my enduring love is for fiction. My desk is a trestle table of Swedish pine flooring panels and I work in the cellar under the house, where almost a hundred years ago, the goats were kept.