Category: spooky
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Shadow’s Survival (part 2)
A soft buzzing drew me to the window, and something dark moved into the shadows. Night fell quickly and early here. It was only five o’clock, and the sun had mostly set. Even so, I could detect it. Black on black as it slithered like liquid forward, something dangerous, something hungry. “Maria…” It whispered. I Read more
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Shadow’s Survival (part 1)
It was one with the shadows. It was all shadows, and yet it was none. I moved like a liquid pouring along the ground as if the long, lithe legs were for decoration and not for actual walking. Its long, thin, shadow-like tail whipped back through the air, fading into the air without any actual Read more
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Chosen (part 2)
Ben bumped into the wall as the beast cornered him, ready for the kill. Ben gripped the sword hilt tightly and hefted it in his hand. The monster pulled its blade, the claws of its hand stuck out, unable to curl around the hilt, but it managed. “Now I’m going to cleave you to pieces, Read more
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Chosen (part 1)
It couldn’t be hidden for long. When Ben stopped coming to school and Mr. Regius stopped showing up at work, people noticed. People told other people, and eventually, someone called the police after more than two weeks of no one having seen them or being able to contact either of them. We were neighbors at Read more
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Villainy, Viciousness, and Vegetables (part 2)
No one knew what to say, no one but Tom who expressed it quite adequately, “holy Nibblerflutzers.” One extremely hairy and big potato climbed onto the crate ahead of him. Glancing at the moon, he gave a vegetational screech-ish howl like a wolf on a cliff or a bat in a cave. “Were-potatoes!” I said Read more
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Villainy, Viciousness, and Vegetables (part 1)
Let’s say I wasn’t that surprised when the floor caved in. I had been expecting as much for a while. I could hear my uncle, thankfully, shouting from what was probably the first floor of the basement, “Hey, Eric?” “Yes, Uncle?” “Could you get me a ladder?” he sounded like he hadn’t just crashed through Read more