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In <#_dm=m-.gooley@netcom.com> gooley@netcom.com (Mark. Gooley) writes:

>From a story posted to alt.prose:

>>      That evening there was a knocking at the door.
>>      "Someone get that!" Danielle called out. She glanced around but
>>her house was empty. Only moments before her brother and mother and father
>>and sister had all been there, watching TV, but now there were all gone.
>>She noticed that the TV was gone too, and in its place was an army
>>helmet that had "Born to Kill" written on it.
>>      She got up from the bed and stepped over the fishtank and opened
>>the door.
>>      Two police officers stood there, staring at her. "Danielle?"

(A most intriguing and delirious story deleted)

>       They drove her home, and I submit that this is no more absurd
> than the original:

>>a wooden sign with bright red letters that said TRUST. She looked up at
>>the sky but saw nothing there.
>>      "You can't kill a man, little lady," the cop said. He put his gun
>>to her head and pulled the trigger. Danielle's head was blown apart and
>>her body slumped to the sandy ground.
>>      The other cop started laughing. "That there little lady's got guts,
>>huh?"
>>       "Shut up, Marvin," the first cop said as he put his gun back in
>>the holster. "There's nothing funny about it."

>Mark., oh, yes, there is something funny about it
>gooley@netcom.com

Hey! the original author might correct me, but I think this episode was
intended to be Danielle slipping into madness? or maybe a dream?

Note the details such as the family gone, and the tv replaced by the
helmet. Also, in the middle of the desert, a sign, in RED letters,
saying TRUST (something to do with the fact that she trusted John when
they went upstairs 'for a chat', maybe?)
And of course, the empty sky, "She looked up at the sky, but saw nothing
there." (Or is this, nothing *special*, no UFO's or army helicopters.. You
never know.)

Anyway, to me, this does NOT seem like reality. A dream.

Though I would agree that this was not as good an ending as I might have
expected from that author. But I would associate that with the fact that
we seem to be not quite in Danielle's mind during the early part of the
story, only, very close, seeing through her eyes maybe. Then,
in the end, we seem to see it all through her mind (not quite the same
thing).
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