Debra Brown

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“Black Onyx” by Debra Brown

Submitted to Contest #262

It was hotter than it had been in weeks and the humidity cloaked the town with its thick suffocating presence. At the top of a pale white clock tower, the bell chimed eight, resounding with melancholic peals that echoed through the busy working district below. Weathered apartments, planted above quaint specialty shops, stood in formation along a narrow street, rose high into a twilight sky.   Open windows begging for relief from the heat only added tension to the already thick air as the din from the domestic chaos permeated the s...

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My name is Debra and I live with my husband Brian in Maine during the summer months and on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi during the winter. I have a Ph.D. in religious and spiritual studies. I am spending my retirement writing short stories and working on a cozy mystery. I look forward to sharing stories and hearing from other members.