Shadow Eater

100 words by Cecilia Kennedy

On still nights, if you travel the ocean’s edge where the Northwest mountain peaks rise, a Shadow Eater will press its body firmly into a thin line and shimmy past, then open its mouth wide to swallow your shadow, which is drifting behind in wavy billows. In one gulp, your shadow’s gone, and when the sun rises, you’ll stand in the light. No contrast. No…