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The Skin of the Lake
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We backed out the way we came. But the kitchen had changed. The table was gone, and in its place stood the family of four, perfectly still, facing the wall. As our lights touched them, all four heads turned to us at once. None of them had faces, just smooth, blank skin where the eyes should be.
I froze, and that was my mistake. The four faceless figures crossed the kitchen without seeming to move, and the nearest one pressed its smooth face to my mask. When it pulled back, my own face came with it, peeled away clean. Now I wear their blank skin, and I am still down here, waiting by the wall for the next crew to arrive.
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