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The Beat

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Reads 452
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Parts 1
Time <5 mins

classic dark fiction flash literature mystery short

What if a single action, a single moment, were to change the way you hear, and thus feel, the world? 

The Beat is a glimpse at the life of a man ruled by the sound in his right ear, the beat beat beat that drives him.

Accompanying this story is the song that I wrote it to - Fink 'Looking too closely'.

Listen as you read to really capture the essence of the piece then be sure to let me know what you think!All Rights Reserved

classic dark fiction flash literature mystery short

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Thu, Aug 19, 2021

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