Dalia Delahoz

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“Like Moths to Flames” by Dalia Delahoz

Submitted to Contest #282

Upon completing their twelfth year, the people of the Caverns were assigned their roles by the Bespeaker, so when the destined nycthemeron arrived, Runi did not wait for the footsteps meant to retrieve her. She took herself to him. Incense led her nose, the faint whispers of flowing water guided her ears, and the walls that the thousands had smoothed before her guided her hands. When the incense pooled thicker into her lungs and the whispers of water broiled into indiscernible speech against her ears, she knew she had reached the Chamber of ...

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Dalia Delahoz is an unpublished author from Texas, USA, with a keyboard that can hardly keep up with the dozens of ideas floating inside her head. Her aspiring genre is speculative fiction — particularly horror, fantasy, magical realism, and historical fiction. Her work’s inspiration stems from her Mexican American background, fascination with history, and the many interactions she has with people in her day job. Ever observant, there is a lot to say about the world. When she is not drafting or working to pay the bills, Dalia contemplates returning to school for her Master’s, looks after a rascal Pomeranian pup, and reads a ton.