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Maybe Ella's Ghost (3101 reads, 568 days, 5 reads/day)
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A horror story
© 2010 Bryan Costales
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Robert descended beneath the level of gulls and into a cold wet darkness where only the sound of twin diesels fled. His cheeks puffed, a need of pure habit as he held his breath. The water was a little colder than he expected but not so bad. He waited for his flotation vest to float him up again toward air.

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