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The Shadowed Illusion | ONC 2022 ✓

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OPEN NOVELLA CONTEST 2022 LONGLIST QUALIFIER
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Sᴏᴍᴇᴛʜɪɴɢ ɪɴ ʟɪғᴇ, A sᴜᴅᴅᴇɴ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ, A ᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ, Aʟᴛᴇʀs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴡʜᴏʟᴇ ʟɪғᴇ, Fᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴀᴅ ᴀʜᴇᴀᴅ.
- Aʜᴍᴀᴅ Aʀᴅᴀʟᴀɴ, Bᴀɢʜᴅᴀᴅ: Tʜᴇ Fɪɴᴀʟ Gᴀᴛʜᴇʀɪɴɢ

                    🙤 · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · ₪ · ┈┈┈┈┈┈ · 🙦

What else can possibly go wrong for the habitually tardy Robotics Engineer, Kalisha Morales? It's getting trapped in an elevator, 20 minutes into her supposed presentation.

Stuck with a stunning stranger though, things don't seem so bad...until the light goes off and all she sees are two cold eyes and A KNIFE?

Sucked into the torments of the stranger, Kalisha must fight back to survive, especially when she realizes there's more at stake than the deadly stranger.

If she doesn't, she may be lost to the consuming madness... forever.

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Oɴᴄ 2022 Pʀᴏᴍᴘᴛ: 47, 70, 96

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✎ Fɪɴɪsʜᴇᴅ: 26/04/22
Wᴏʀᴅ Cᴏᴜɴᴛ: 20,612

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