J.L. Cleary

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“The Tappner Inn” by J.L. Cleary

Submitted to Contest #281

The haunting melody of Carol of the Bells drifted softly through the car, its eerie notes mingling with the muffled whispers of the storm. Outside, snow fell relentlessly, swallowing the road in an endless white abyss. It was impossible to tell where the pavement ended and the wilderness began—our only compass, the skeletal outline of trees that seemed to hover like ghosts in the distance.  My knuckles ached, bone-white against the wheel, my grip unyielding as if sheer force could keep us tethered to the treacherous ground. The tires sk...

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