Short Story: An In-Between Christmas Part 5 of 6

A young woman tries to contact her comatose father on a mysterious spiritual plane between life and death

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Part One

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Part Five

Fleeing for their lives, Sophie followed Yousef as they ran down the mountainside. Behind them, terrifying streams of lava followed, moving at frightening speed. Glancing back, Sophie’s heart sank. They would be consumed within seconds. Escape was impossible.

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