A Story In
100 Words
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First Star Of The Night
According to the old superstitions, it was considered bad luck to see the first star of the night. Just one of many bits of unwelcome advice Sean's grandmother had plagued him with during adolescence.
He thought about her words whenever he was outside at twilight. It wasn't that he was willfully ignoring her, but he refused to let some old-fashioned view of how the world works to stop him from enjoying the sunset.
What Sean didn't realize, but his grandmother knew all too well, was the evening star stole the soul of the first person to see it every night.
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