Viktor C

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“Dead Lens” by Viktor C

⭐️ Shortlisted for Contest #14

He crept forward, feeling the sinuous body of grass brush against his arm. Above the dark heavens, a gibbous moon hung, serving as the only grim guide into this forsaken place. Rightfully, the absence of light would have inhibited his camera any ability to capture images. Any photographer could point that out to him. Even his eyes had trouble navigating the path that lay ahead, despite the fact that his pupils had been fully dilated. Shutter speed. Aperture. Rules of the third. Those words echoed in his mind, remnants of a lecture so lo...

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Hello curious traveler. I see you have stopped at my door. Come now. Don’t be shy. Take the last few steps through the threshold. My children await the warmth you bring into my lightless home. As for me? I am alone...so alone. Never mind the children. I have many stories to tell but no one to delight from it. Some stories cast from nebulous molds of darkness. Others, spun from the shadowed thread of life’s cruel course. Most deliciously are the ones brought to life by your very own fear. But...why do you fear the dead? More importantly, why do you fear death. Everyone dies...eventually. It’s not the length of your life that counts. It’s how you live it.

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Contest #14
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