A Killer's Eyes || ONC 2022
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MatureComplete Sun, Apr 10, 20221h 46m
Featured in the @OpenNovellaContest 2022 Longlist.
His eyes. His eyes burnt. His eyes. So alive yet so dead.
He cocked his head, wiping his bloody hand down the side of his face.
I tensed up as the feeling of warm, wet fingers trailed across my cheek.
His eyes were cold and lifeless as he stared at me.
"You have no idea who I am, do you?"
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A killer is laying waste to the innocent people of Detective Inspector Fowler's constituency. When no one believes his findings, Fowler must face the case alone to save his people from the prolific serial killer or lose his job trying.
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