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Waking To These Thoughts

Dreams were still there, still coming, the kind that left him waking in a cold sweat, chilled and petrified, feverish and trembling. The world was terror for him, in the dark moments of waking in the middle of the night, … Continue reading

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A Piece Of Him

“Where is she?” “D’know–” The thud echoed wetly in the dark room, and there was a dripping sound as spatter connected with floor and walls. “Where is she?” “Told you, I–” Another thud, but the sound was turning into a … Continue reading

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After The Longest Night

After all the wrapping and unwrapping, the lighting and the ribboning and the beauty of the snow and the everything, there will be presents under the tree, and there will be a slightly rounder belly, and more feelings of fluttering … Continue reading

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The Cruel And Infinite Universe

Something wasn’t right from the moment he pulled in the driveway. It’s that sense that he had, that all of them had — family. Family was to be protected…. so what happened? In the front door, and he could smell … Continue reading

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Freshly Expired

He could taste the hot copper of spilled blood; it ran over his cheek and joined with the runnel caught in the edgecurve of his nose, then split again, one river brightly glistening over nostril and philtrum, while the other … Continue reading

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