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Santa Claus Is Back In Town
Christmas is my favourite time of the year. I love to deliver gifts around the community to help people find the spirit of the season. I suppose you could call me Santa Claus… I’m not the real one, of course, but I may as well be. I give a little something to every house I…
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Mr Bell
As a child, all that Beauregard had was his books. He’d run away from the orphanage several times a week, and the police would always find the boy in the town’s library, huddled over huge volumes, because he simply loved to read. His name had come from a book. His mother could not read, but…
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True Love
They say that you can speak what you need into existence, and so, I suppose you have to be careful about the lies that you tell. It sounds like a simple lesson, but it’s one that I’ve learned in the worst way imaginable. Have you ever said something without thinking? Have you ever hurt someone…
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Forever Faithful
Those bastards drove right past me. It was dark, but I had a torch, waving it madly from the side of the road as they approached. It didn’t matter, because they drove right past me, and now, they’ll get what they deserve. I just needed a ride into the village. It wouldn’t have been too…
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The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
Millie was a vegan, until she wasn’t. Last night, I came home and found her at the kitchen table, surrounded by meat, uncooked, raw, filling plates and bowls. Blood poured from her lips as she shoved handful after handful into her mouth, not seeming to notice I was there. Nothing seemed to matter but her…