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    Cupid's Maze
    Cupid's Maze
    Cupid's Maze
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    Cupid's Maze

    By Mark Souza

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    A short story - Sean has popped the question and dreads the drive across the bleak Kansas landscape on Valentine's Day to announce his intentions to his fiancee Janet's parents. When he sees a sign for a corn maze, he pulls in for a momentary reprieve. Little does he know what a mistake he's made.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Souza
    Release dateSep 27, 2011
    ISBN9781466043770
    Cupid's Maze
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    Mark Souza

    I lead a pretty boring life, really. During the day, I build jet aircraft - well, not all by myself - I do my part. At night, I create monsters and new worlds for them to play in. I write fiction - horror mostly, but my interests are broad and I will not be boxed into one genre. The only thing I can promise readers is a commitment to keep them entertained. I hope to become one of your favorite authors.

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      Cupid's Maze - Mark Souza

      Cupid's Maze

      Mark Souza

      Copyright 2011 by Mark Souza

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      Cupid's Maze

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      Sean gazed out the windshield at a low ceiling of winter clouds sagging over an ocean of dead corn. The flaxen and gray landscape of straight lines and right angles repeated mile after relentless mile creating an uneasy feeling of déjà vu. The car hummed on cruise control over a strip of asphalt slicing a furrow across the bleak Kansas landscape. Ahead, the road seemed to narrow until it disappeared at the horizon. Sean remembered a term from perspective drawing for where all lines converged at infinity. They called it the vanishing point.

      He looked over as Janet pushed her hair back, hooking it behind her ears to keep it out of her face while she read. Her blue eyes wove back and forth across the page, her expression changing as the words conjured images in her head. Sometimes she even laughed aloud. Her mind resided in a different place, a better place. Maybe the sun shone in her world. Maybe there were hills and trees. Meanwhile, Sean dealt with the numbing monotony of the Great Plains. It hardly seemed fair.

      What’s the State tree of Kansas? Sean asked. Janet looked up, but before she could answer, he blurted, A telephone pole.

      Ha-ha, she mocked. She dog-eared the page and set the book

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