Flash Fiction #72 – Salem’s Tears

Flash Fiction #72 – Salem’s Tears

I avoided the Town of Salem’s Tears for 14 years.

I was born and grew up here,

but remember nothing.

Part of me thinks that’s why I’m still alive.

I was six years old when they found me,

blood-soaked, in the neighboring town of Dusty Falls.

My parents were never found.

We were featured on an episode of Unsolved Mysteries.

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I’m here now because I’m ready to know what happened.

The women smile at me;

the men tip their hats,

but there’s something behind their eyes.

They know something, and I’m about to find out.