In the Flickering Lights
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Emily is gone and Ella will stop at nothing to find the answer to her disappearance. Ella's dangerous questions bring dangerous answers and even worse consequences.
Why does a sunrise's light look so much like flames?
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A Gothic-esque short horror story I wrote for a literature assignment. Maybe not quite a full story, under 2000 words and may eventually be revised. I have no idea how to do warnings so read at your discretion.
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