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Goodreads asked Paul J. Fleming:

Can you tell us a two-sentence horror story?

Paul J. Fleming Hmm...okay, here goes:

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I watch with growing fearful anticipation as the water creeps further up the angled deck, the sounds of my fellow passengers deafening as the unavoidable fate which awaits us moves ever closer.

At least my family would survive as their boat left our stricken vessel only a short time ago, leaving most of the menfolk to face the icy waters which now eagerly advances upon us, seemingly eager to take our very souls.

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How's that? Two rather long sentences to depict the hopeless awe which has gripped one of the fated passengers on the deck of the Titanic in those moments before she slipped below the surface.

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