Short Story Contest: Finalist #2

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Pieces of Darkness by Lundy Bowren
Northwest High School - Montgomery County, Maryland

“Don’t open the box,” my father always told me...

So I suppose when I say that I opened the box, none of you will be surprised. Only, guess what?

I never opened that box. And do you know why? Because unlike other parents and authority figures who say, “Don’t do this” or “Don’t do that” but never seem to have a better reason than “Because I said so,” my father actually showed me what was in the box.

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