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Henri S. Riddle

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The Sunshine Beneath the Starless Sea

Submitted to Contest #118

Trigger warning: rape, kidnapping, body horror, murder I remember the sand was cold under my feet that night. I walked down to the shore with the strange, silver-haired man I had met the week prior, and it all seemed so romantic under the stars and the moonlight. The waves were roaring in the wind, but he tugged me towards the water anyway. “Did you see that! Is it a fin?” I had seen the signs on the boardwalk, bidding visitors beware of the creature lurking in these waters. “Are you afraid of sea monsters, niñita?” He asked, playfully shovi...

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