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Lights Out
Deep in the darkest depths of hell lay the light stealers. Content within an endless night, they wait and they watch as the human race goes about their lives. You’ll know a light stealer when you see one, but something about them will tell you not to ask questions. Perhaps it will be their cold…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter Two
My mother didn’t say a word all day after that ominous mumble. “He dined early this month.” I followed her into the kitchen and watched her as she began washing the breakfast dishes, pouring the porridge she had made for Ray and I in the bin, just carrying on as if her son was just…
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Northlay Falls – Chapter One
Nobody comes to Northlay Falls. Nobody leaves Northlay Falls. Nobody looks into the lake. That is just how it is. We are born here. We live here. We die here, of boredom, or natural causes, whichever comes first. Seven generations of my family have wasted away here, and it’s the same for everyone else I…
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It Wants My Baby – Chapter Two
I can’t believe that I’m writing this. This is more than a dream or a delusion, I know that now. Nobody else can see it, but that doesn’t make it any less real. She came to our flat. Lily came to our home. Nobody believes me, but she was here. I woke up last night,…
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Salt Circle
Salt shines, circling me, sparkling in the sun, if I look close enough, and demons drool, jealous and dripping in desire, reaching out but never quite connecting.