I'm FINALLY participating! It's been way too long. I really don't have time this week, either, but it's so simple, I just HAD to do it. This week's prompt was "to compose a text–160 characters–that would either elicit or express fear." So here goes:
The last image to flash in front of her eyes before the blade severed her brain stem was her murderer reaching for her daughter.
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