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Flickering Dawn was first published in June 2015 by Just100Words after winning their June competition.

Flickering Dawn

He'd never foreseen any of it, ignorantly believing himself to be beloved by his people. They came wordlessly from the oppressive darkness, their torches barely penetrating the night – appearing to him as tiny fireflies, guiding him to his demise. To his surprise, he is calm, death seems comforting now – it is pain he fears. There is but one choice left to make. Stand regal and defiant in the face of death, or cower in fear and beg for a modicum of mercy from the mob? The same mercy that he never once showed a single one of them...
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      • Clouding the Future
      • Moth of Gion
      • Mrs. Ozeki
      • World Weary
      • Worth a Thousand Words
    • Contemporary Fiction >
      • A-C >
        • An Invaluable Essence
        • Attribute of the Strong
        • Bristol's Own Oasis
      • D-M >
        • From Father to Son
        • Her Big Day
        • Impossible Goodbyes
        • Lady Luck
        • Lives Entwined
        • Moth of Gion
        • Mrs. Ozeki
      • N-Z >
        • Nameless
        • World Weary
        • Worth a Thousand Words
    • Historical Fiction >
      • Blossom in the Wind
      • In the Tea Leaves
      • Masks She Wears
      • The Pretender
      • The Price of Life
    • Humour >
      • Fanning the Flames
      • Spirit Guide
      • The Strangest Suitor
      • Teddy's Little Secret
      • Waiting for Banquo
    • Suspense >
      • Clouding the Future
      • El Poderoso Empalador
      • The Red Rose
    • Horror >
      • A-C >
        • Castaway
        • Chains
      • D-O >
        • The Fox
        • The Gift
        • Her Watchers
      • P-Z >
        • Rose
        • Slumber
        • Teddy's Little Secret
        • Tokyo Dreams
        • The Sssilent Killer
      • Drabbles (100 word stories)
    • Micro Fiction >
      • Accompaniment
      • The Arranged Marriage
      • Flickering Dawn
      • Justice
      • The Pact
      • Unrequited
    • Haiku >
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      • Yamadera Basho Memorial Museum
      • Other Prizes
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