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Red Beacon
September 16, 2015
Red Beacon
British alleyway…10 o’clock, girl in a red hoodie. She was the one, I just knew it. I saw her once and that flaming image of her; standing against the wall of that alley in bleary mist was seared into my memory. How could something stand out like that? It was like she was accidentally put there by some higher being. God’s ruby had fallen out of the sky. She was the one who was going to be able to get us out of the mist. She was our beacon. Now if I could just bottle up her image and put it in that little cardboard pack.
© Shannon R., Playa Del Rey, CA
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This was originally written for the 'Micro Bookends' flash fiction 1.47 contest. It had to start with a word that began with 'Brit-' and end with the word 'pack'. It also had to be under 110 words. With a word count of 107 words this is what I managed to fabricate!