The Sandpiper
The Sandpiper The sound of waves coming in to roll up onto the beach was the first sound that he heard. A long steady drumming of water on wet sand that was repeated in a building trembling roar over and over again. The second thing that his senses identified the nanosecond afterward was the stench of the salty air overwhelming him and the bright stars burning overheard against the black of the night sky. He couldn't move at all and there was nothing else around him but the beating...