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The Lighthouse Keeper
mysteryEveryone6 contributors · 3 paragraphs deep
I text my friend Jake: 'the lighthouse light is on.' / He: 'no it's not, it's been dark forever.' / 'I'm literally looking at it right now.' / He calls. 'Don't go there, Mara.'
I'm walking toward the gate. My phone's losing signal. I can see the light clearer now—it's coming from the top room. The door should be chained. But when I get to the fence: the chain is on the ground.
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I'm halfway to the door when I see movement in the lamp room window. A shadow. Tall. Slow-moving. It turns toward me. It sees me seeing it. And it stops moving.
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