vivid life or just my mind painting in new shades of memory and loss ?
I crossed stage right , and nearly tripped down the steps into the aisles . My startled emotion couldn ’ t keep up with my thoughts .
“ What is happening ?” I said and stopped as I noticed the eyes moving toward me . “ Lara , is that you ?”
The eyes blinked and softened . Then her voice came again , a lilting tenor that squeezed at my heart . “ My love … It ’ s time ,” she said . “ Time for a reckoning .”
I straightened at the words . But everything was …
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Dustin Engstrom lives in northern Washington state with his husband and their two cats . He writes mostly crime and speculative fiction . His work has appeared in The Colored Lens and Rock and a Hard Place Magazine .
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