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Yeah Write #101: The Lonely Dead ( #amwriting #microstory )

My skis skid on fresh powder and wind breaks my face. A presence pursues.

“Apparitions collect the unwary,” I had warned. The enthusiast didn’t believe what his camera couldn’t snare.

I chase speed to the bottom. Totem markers constrain Dame’ Wit — sucker of souls.

Mouthless, she demands, “More. Bring.

 

 


3 comments on “Yeah Write #101: The Lonely Dead ( #amwriting #microstory )

  1. unfoldingfromthefog
    March 8, 2018

    Oooh, creepy! I especially like the last line.

    Like

  2. MichelleH
    March 8, 2018

    I like that this story is set outside. I always think of ghosts in graveyards and dark rooms.

    Like

  3. Asha Rajan
    March 8, 2018

    The last line was so good, but so was Dame’ Wit!

    Like

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