opens the door without really thinking and the man standing before him is himself or rather someone exactly his height (he is shorter than average but not by much) wearing his clothes (lumberjack shirt black jeans no shoes) hair color (hue somewhere between ash and dirty blond) and build (lanky really) but where the face should be there is but a canvas of blank skin stretched taut over the skull so he sees his own face reflected in the other like on the surface of deceptive waters and not until then does he remove his thumb from the bell and
by Alex Nyström
Author bio: Occasional fiction writer. A book of short stories was published in 2009 (in Swedish). Twitters @kilotrop.
Oh - how clever! and mind-twisting.
ReplyDeleteCan I just quote Sandra? :)
ReplyDeleteExcellent work!
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ReplyDeleteGood work!
little effect. Neat
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for reading and commenting, guys. I'm glad you liked the story!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, too cool. :) What a clever idea. It would be so brilliant to have this actually printed out onto a mobius strip...
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