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R.S. Daniels

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Second Guesses and Sunsets

R.S. Daniels

Submitted to Contest #266

Waves crashed against the rocks hundreds of feet below him. Daring a brief glance, Bishop held the rope tight. White tips formed in the interminable blackness wrought by the coming storm. Poseidon still hungers for me, he thought. “Not then, nor now. No second chances for you, you old bastard.” The flicker of light against the window ledge led his way down the stone parapet. Peering inside the circular room lit by oil lamps, at first appearances, it was empty. As Bishop craned his head, first left then right, a ribbon of sky blue material ca...

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Stalker

R.S. Daniels

Submitted to Contest #230

The day’s heat, trapped in the asphalt of the parking lot, barely leaked enough away to not scorch the skin. Large, misshapen rocks formed a barrier along the edges, so vehicles didn’t go down the steep cliffs and crash into the houses below. For those old enough to remember, a one man kiosk used to split the entrance and exit lanes, a silent guard ensuring orderly traffic. But now, all that was left were small, jagged pieces of metal, jutting from the ground like some extinct animal’s rib cage. Stalker’s senses came back one at...

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Poltergeist

R.S. Daniels

Submitted to Contest #221

“—OUT!” The meatbag listened to me because I am the one even though anyone can be the one it’s me now. Does he make decisions too or is someone with HIM? I must wait and see. Must wait and see. There he was gone. He left. My house is dark most days and mother and father left me here to fend for myself and the baby is gone too and I never saw HIM after. After? After what? After after after. After they left me. They IGnoRED me first yes they did never explaining why never explaining WHY they stopped talking to me. I cried. They...

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