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Beneath This Lonely Ground [ ONC2020 ]
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"We shouldn't dig here."
"Why...not?"
"Because what's buried here is not what you think it is."
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[ inspired by prompt #54 and #4 of the Open Novella Contest 2020 | ONC2020 LONGLIST ]
Taylor Sloan has spent the last decade digging up priceless treasures, uncovering lost empires, and discovering ancient civilizations, all due to her uncanny ability to know what's buried beneath her feet.
Taylor's fiancé Riyad Banks went missing two year ago, lost at sea among the many remote Alaskan islands. Now Taylor and her charge, Riyad's teenage son, are headed for an island to join in an excavation headed by Taylor's archeologist cousin.
But some secrets are better left buried, and Taylor wonders if facing the truth is worth having their hearts broken all over again.
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• Completed Novella [ about 25,000 words ] on March 13, 2020
• Copyright absterak 2020
• Cover Photo from Unsplash
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