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  Short Story By Derrick Fenneman It was a very warm day. Everyone knows about the man who never sleeps. He spends all his days at the beach. He is a middle-aged man, never been married, no kids, and for 5 years had never left the beach, it has been his home. He has no house, no car, just him and the beach. As everyone in the world knows, 5 years ago the government has ordered no one in the world is to open another door for the next ten years. The consequence for this penalty is death. Living life not opening any doors is hard, sometimes impossible. This unfortunate task has eliminated over three- fourths of the worlds entire population. This man, name is Stewart is unable to sleep because of his fear of ever opening a door. He has not left the beach because there are no doors on the beach. A