Henry Mauser

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“Whisper on the Wind” by Henry Mauser

Submitted to Contest #200

A breath of wind ghosted through the open office window, rattling the skeletal array of printed papers taped and tacked to the opposite wall. For a moment, the paper bones cracked with life, animated by the cigarette-and-saxophone city air, but presently the wind withdrew to whisper elsewhere, and the pages slumped stiff and lifeless back against the wall. A few more bones and an arrest to give flesh, and this skeleton would be ready to testify in court, and restore peace to a restless city. Printed upon the dead-white of each page was a sc...

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Originally from Indianapolis, I am a student at the University of Alabama pursuing a degree in Microbiology. I've always loved reading and crafting words through writing.