Natasha Mackenzie

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“Riptide” by Natasha Mackenzie

Submitted to Contest #240

The lighthouse plunges into darkness. Nell’s hands shake as she lights up a match, the better to see the gun with. A clap of thunder. She watches as the flame falls to the ground before that, too, goes out. A bolt of lightning ignites the night sky, and she uses that, along with her hands and her minds’ eye to light another match. She lights the emergency candles that are available for this very occasion. It is not unusual for a particularly bad storm to cause blackouts out here by the South China Sea. The wind makes a terrible howling wail ...

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Scottish girl who’s ran around the globe. Former corporate slave turned stay at home parent. Loves to read, loves to write.