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The following mss has been extracted and collated from the letters of David Marr Henderson, Chief Engineer, Imperial Lighthouse Service, written while in the employ of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs Service, Shanghai, 1879.

Henderson has been tasked with building a remote island lighthouse in a politically sensitive spot.

Time is of the essence but something fights his every move.

Something monstrous.

Something BELOW.

THE THING BELOW by William Meikle is a flash fiction creature feature of sorts, written in a series of letters, from Henderson to his wife. Two teams are building on an island, one installing a lighthouse, the other installing a cannon. During construction, a sinkhole opens up a terrifying discovery, and the contents suggest the island may have been home to a Kaiju.

Once the lighthouse is completed, the beam reveals the thing which has been watching and waiting...highly recommended.

As always,

AstraDaemon