The Man in the Desert

"For as long as I can remember, there was a man who lived out in the desert. Some say he is god. Others say he is a demon. There are tales of him saving villages, and myths of his ability to find water. He is a legend that, even now, is told among the children"This is a flash fiction about a girl's meeting with 'the man in the desert.' Where no one survives out there, what secrets does he hide?It should be a blissful evening for Ben Stanton. Tonight he proposes to Kinsley, the special woman in his life. He has the ring, dinner reservations at the best restaurant in the village, a box of chocolates. But things are suddenly going wrong: anonymous phone calls to Kinsley, the shrill bark of an otherwise docile dog, rainy footsteps leading from his balcony door. When the past and present collide, Ben risks losing much more than woman he loves.