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Submitted to Contest #273
She looks nervous, the Detective thought. That’s normal when a cop shows up at your door. “Please don’t worry, Mrs. Blanchet. I do need to ask you a few questions about your husband.” Detective Erickson said. “Please call me Kate. Come in, have a seat.” Kate offered space on a plush white sofa. “I’m following up on a request to look into your husband’s whereabouts. He’s been reported as a missing person by his mother. She stated no one has heard from Daniel since he left for a business trip a week ago.” The Detective said. “That’s wrong -I m...
Submitted to Contest #272
Halloween, October 31stThe room was dark, vacant of sound apart from my heart beating so hard I could feel it in my ears. There was a presence in the room with me. The hair on the back of my neck stood on end. A surge of adrenaline flowed through me like lightening with the thud of each approaching footstep. The killer’s movement was slow and calculated.I hid behind a red velvet chair, in the corner of my living room. Through a window overhead, a beam of moonlight illuminated the space in front of me. Just over the arm of the chair I could s...
Submitted to Contest #271
The Beautiful StrangerIt was a violent attack, one minute I was fine, the next my breath was gone. I thought it was a bad cold, nothing I needed to take seriously. My entire life I was one of those guys who was full of energy, never missed a day of work. Out of nowhere I started coughing, then I couldn’t catch my breath, gasping for air I suddenly realized I needed help. I was at my office at the time it happened, I called 911 but I could not remember my work address, even if I could have I wasn’t able to speak to the operator in between the...
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