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Horror Fiction
Kendrick's Monster
Chapter 1:
His Apical Sin
The thrill of the kill.
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"Kendrick Sutherland lay beside her on his back, hi..."
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"'For they, that ephemeral oligarchy of whispering ..."
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"He sucked a dusty breath, and smiled to ponder mar..."
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"Something about the way she said the words 'big ti..."
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""That your boss, working over there?" she wondered..."
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""No? Then why not the backseat of your car, like ..."
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""Maybe," he grunted, standing stiffly to jerk his ..."
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"There! At his back!
A demon's form, sharp ..."
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"Its light chased away his sleep. Its heat broiled..."
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"'Who can say what was exchanged during that silent..."
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"He gritted his teeth and clenched his eyes tightly..."
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"His demon laughed wickedly, as its voice crawled a..."
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"'Better ignominy than anonymity.'
Kendrick ..."
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"'Indeed,' sniggered the beast (covering its fangs ..."
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""I don't want to understand!" shouted Kendrick sud..."
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"'But you will. You will.'
Kendrick quivere..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 5:
The Disease That Rots the World
The homeless refuse of society. Sometimes suicide is easier.
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""What scares you? I mean, what REALLY scares you?..."
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""I don't think anything REALLY scares me, you know..."
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""Sort of like the real world. Yep, real scary shi..."
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"At their backs, the city flowed from one unknown d..."
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""Well what?" she bit, head down, feet shuffling, s..."
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"It was a surprising revelation. He had imagined m..."
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"She laughed through the corner of her mouth and sh..."
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""It was Chiggy. All the way. Nobody but Chiggy w..."
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""Yeah, me too."
"But it's like with Chiggy,..."
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""Yeah, but it was like a vacation for him. He dri..."
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""Like that time he stole a pickup just because it ..."
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"Byron shook his head, and turned his eye on the su..."
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""The needle IS death, that's all. Nothing more or..."
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""You didn't see, because of what happened to you t..."
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"Byron's heart limped along, struggling with the su..."
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""Yeah? Then let's see rats chew the faces off one..."
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""But not to the rats, Shelly. Never to the rats. ..."
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""No, never. Never that, Shell."
"Okay." S..."
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"Yet, he watched her climb to the rail, and he said..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 9:
Unspeakable Rewards
The monster promises… the monster delivers.
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"'They know why Andrei Chikatilo did what he did', ..."
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"'How many men would happily murder their wives, or..."
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"It laughed terribly. 'Perhaps. But what of the b..."
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"It laughed cruelly. 'You will.'
"No!"
<..."
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"'You must,' insisted the monster. Now its oddly g..."
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"Before his secret darkness could whisper a reply, ..."
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""Well, for one thing," she returned, somewhat amus..."
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""Naturally," he croaked, rubbing his eyes and clea..."
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""Young man!" called the old lady, "You left your b..."
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"An all but inaudible hiss of hot steam, the monste..."
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""What about the others? Did they pay? Did they l..."
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"It was not so easy to dismiss, however, but follow..."
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"Kendrick hesitated at his chair, and pondered the ..."
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"His secret chimera sniggered, and once more began ..."
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"'It is real.' The beast's wispy form rippled with..."
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""Perhaps."
'You believe I am real.'
..."
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""Bitch," he hissed beneath his breath.
'We ..."
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""I don't want to kill her."
'Liar.'
..."
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"'Oh?' wondered the darkness, taken aback by this r..."
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"'Yessss,' hissed his night-bound twin, 'I remember..."
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""I followed their rules. I did the right thing. ..."
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"-|-
"Is this the one?" he whispered sharply..."
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"Slinking down the tree's thick, twisted trunk in a..."
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"Gulping sickly, Kendrick turned his full attention..."
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"Kendrick obliged by raising his gaze to examine th..."
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"'No,' sighed the beast gently. It hugged his wais..."
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"Reluctantly, Ken retrieved her purse, clutching it..."
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"Kendrick paused at the hedgerow that encircled the..."
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"Kendrick crossed a low bridge over a high, fast cr..."
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"It flowed into the darkness kept beneath his sedan..."
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"'Of them all, child, you alone have bargained dire..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 13:
Fifty Dollars a Day
It's what they pay to string fence in West Texas.
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"Byron learned that hitchhiking was easy in the sou..."
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"Byron squinted up at its piercing stare, and drew ..."
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"He swallowed it all with a choking gulp, and turne..."
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"Once the sun climbed high and the day heated up a ..."
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"Ultimately, he squinted his eyes, pinched his face..."
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"Perhaps his determination (or his frustration) sho..."
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""Sure. I guess." Byron pulled himself up to the ..."
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"He declared, "I'm Byron, from California."
..."
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"The others laughed, and Jose Number One took the j..."
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""Yeah," gushed Byron, "I think IT likes ME!"
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"Feeling magnanimous, Byron retorted, "I guess I sh..."
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""Then why don't you make it ten? Or twenty?"
<..."
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"Judging from their faces, he guessed it must be, b..."
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"Number Two added, "And how hard we all work."
<..."
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"Byron clenched his eyes tightly shut and pressed h..."
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"Wincing, Byron shouldered his pack and approached ..."
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"Making a dismissive gesture with his head, the old..."
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"Walking would come easy for the next few days, he ..."
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"A rough stranger such as himself would not pass wi..."
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"With a wretched little groan, he greeted a makeshi..."
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"Regardless of his instincts, he consoled himself w..."
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"Byron's feet came off the ground with such force t..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 2:
A Mysteriously Shaped Thing
The predator of predators and a quickie in the mall parking lot.
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"He watched her blue-gray image move among the aisl..."
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"He smiled. She was smooth. That sweet, innocent ..."
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"Bursting through the glass doors, he hurried to ca..."
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"Though less agile and graceful, the security offic..."
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"Her stare sparkled meanly. She opened her mouth. ..."
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""That depends." He felt her legs cross behind him..."
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"Finished with embarrassing suddenness, they rose a..."
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"He realized she was crying. "Hey," he drawled def..."
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""No, I mean my father."
"Good," he sighed w..."
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""Oh, I see," he returned, crossing his arms over h..."
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"She smiled slyly, and her tears were gone. "Once...."
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""Michael. Call me Mike."
"'Bye, Mike." Wi..."
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"For fate had delivered her to him. He smiled.
..."
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"She stopped, shoulders hunched. Without turning, ..."
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""You certainly will!" He laughed.
Then he ..."
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""No sweat," he sighed, straightening, "No worries...."
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"He jumped up and ran for the door. In his haste, ..."
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""Is it you?" she whispered fiercely. "Michael?"
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"Without warning, he sprang around the corner of th..."
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"She moaned and bucked against him, but he would no..."
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"She responded to his attentions by raising her lef..."
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"She let her leg down, and wiped at herself with he..."
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"He grinned, and watched her retrieve her bag full ..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 6:
The Road to Texas
"If you aren't in Texas, you… just aren't."
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""What are you looking at, Wilson?" Jerry Stienmeul..."
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""New Jersey, Stan, that's what's out there. Say....."
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"Stanley jumped and dropped his lunch box. Retriev..."
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"Stanley sighed leadenly, and leaned forward to cro..."
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""I dunno, Stan. I guess I go inside to watch the ..."
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""Hey, me and John D. Rockefeller," he joked, makin..."
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"-|-
Later that day, he dialed order entry t..."
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""Tamitha? That you?"
"Yeah, that you Stan?..."
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""Got a rich uncle, do you?" she was bored. "What ..."
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"Stanley sighed, and glanced at the second phone li..."
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"He hung up with a finger. Then he called Al, the ..."
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""Yeah, Stan. What's on your mind?"
"Have y..."
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""I bet it's just something they made up in the mov..."
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"God, Stanley knew, watched over them in their wild..."
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"-|-
Jerry stood at the bus stop, his paper ..."
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""Stanley Wilson," intoned Mr. Drecker formally, "T..."
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""Twenty?" repeated Stanley dreamily. His right ha..."
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""I'm sorry to hear about that, Mr. Wilson," return..."
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""Vacation time?"
He checked, frowning. "Yo..."
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"Mr. Drecker and Ms. Greene exchanged puzzled glanc..."
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""What's the area code for Houston, Texas? Oh, I d..."
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""I'm from New Hampshire, originally. We came down..."
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""Yes, and we're still mowing our lawns, too. It's..."
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""Yes, sir. Personal. It couldn't wait."
H..."
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"Stanley shrugged. "I don't smoke."
"Right...."
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""They say," he added, as the guard led him by the ..."
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"As he returned to his seat, the door opened. A pr..."
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"Drugs, wondered Stanley? What sort of drugs?
<..."
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"Stanley didn't respond. He stood at the corner, a..."
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""Si. Es Tejas!"
"Yeah," grinned Stanley, s..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 10:
Empty Vessels
Victims galore.
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"Roman sighed leadenly. "This must be our girl," h..."
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""What sort of something?"
She shrugged, and..."
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""Okay, officer!" she gushed, and hurried to comply..."
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""Shit. There's nothing in this for us! If the pe..."
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"They drove to the end of the wall, and parked the ..."
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"He raised his pistol, sighted on the male's chest,..."
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"Roman hissed, "He's dead. Shot through the heart...."
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""He had a weapon! I was in fear for my life!"
..."
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""Christ, Ken," urged Roman huskily, "Let her cover..."
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"Ken cursed and followed. Theirs was a close race...."
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"Roman shook his head, and kicked her softly. She ..."
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""We can't leave her… awake. Can we?" Daphne's wi..."
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"At the last moment, Ken averted his gaze, even as ..."
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""Get her into the bag," snapped Roman, unzipping t..."
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""Right. Nobody gets hurt."
Roman nodded, a..."
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""You check the perimeter, while I fetch the cruise..."
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""What about Mike?"
"We found the spot where..."
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""Yeah, get on home, and forget about it. And, ma'..."
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""Why'd you go back?" Kendrick asked only to be po..."
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""Oh? What's that?"
"Control. You can get ..."
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""The good thing about nice girls, like that one to..."
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""First, you can confess. That's the worst sort of..."
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""Finally, you need a good story. No matter how we..."
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""First, our story; we answered the call, we saw no..."
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"As Kendrick thumbed his radio hot to do as instruc..."
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"Huffing from the strain, Roman slowed to a stop, a..."
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""No, we don't." He nodded, when Roman indicated t..."
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"-|-
Kendrick sat on a walnut coffin and wat..."
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"In the brooding darkness, which climbed the walls ..."
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""I don't have an appetite."
It laughed, 'Of..."
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"The monster chortled derisively, and oozed back ou..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 14:
Boundaries of Depravity
A monster knows nothing of boundary or constraint.
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""It goes somethin' like this, y'all, listen up:
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""Yeah, I guess. Leastways, I ain't got no paper n..."
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"Stanley smiled broadly. He liked it when Skeeter ..."
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""No, Skeeter," returned Stanley, following his fri..."
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""So ya wants to earn some money, Stan-Man?"
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""Cardboard?" wondered Stanley dully.
"Yeah,..."
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""How would I get one of those without money?"
<..."
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"After a mile or so, they stopped on a quiet corner..."
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"Stanley pondered what his sign should say. He eve..."
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""Next? Next comes the easy part," replied Skeeter..."
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"He felt he could stand there a few minutes longer,..."
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"Stanley turned to ask Skeeter what he should do, b..."
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"Accustomed to doing as instructed, Stanley respond..."
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"The other laughed sharply. "That's stupid." Afte..."
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""Stanley. Stanley Wilson. What's yours?"
..."
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""Have you ever sucked cock in your life?"
S..."
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""No- I mean, yes! Yes, I'm sure. No, I never su-..."
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"Kendrick laughed, and sat up straighter. "Hey, I'..."
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"Stan's face fell childishly, and he blushed. Turn..."
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""I said, what if it's an order."
"What if w..."
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"Stanley swallowed his racing heart. Something sca..."
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"Stanley jerked his hand away, but Ken reached for ..."
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"Kendrick laughed hatefully, and let the man come u..."
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""Oops!" laughed Kendrick, "I forgot to tell you th..."
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"Stanley's eyes went wider still, and his mouth wor..."
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""But why?"
"'But why?'" mocked the driver m..."
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"Though Stanley shook his head, Ken continued cruel..."
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"Wilson was sickened, confused and terrified. He h..."
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"The beast laughed with the sounds of a sudden, vio..."
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"'Why?' it demanded intently, though Kendrick had n..."
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"Kendrick listened intently, nodding with each sent..."
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""What about prison?"
Now the beast fell sil..."
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"The hitcher's corpse hung stretched before him, bo..."
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"A last, violent sob wracked Kendrick's body, and t..."
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""Maybe somebody saw me pick him up. It was a busy..."
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"'Precisely.'
"So I have nothing to fear fro..."
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"Kendrick halted his pacing, and his fingers snappe..."
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"'Yes.'
"What about all this evidence?"
<..."
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""Why?"
'He loathed himself.' The beast fel..."
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"Kendrick's secret monster stroked his skin lovingl..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 3:
The One Percent Man
"He's been on the road for years, running from a dark past. Or has his journey just begun?"
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""I must have traveled ten thousand miles in the la..."
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""That right?" Simian sighed, resigning himself to..."
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""No, that's not all. Not all, by any dip of the s..."
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""No, I'm not." The younger man tried not to sound..."
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"The old man was having none of that. "My name's J..."
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""Randolph Hearst."
Joe frowned disapproving..."
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""Why'd you drop out?"
"The money dried up. ..."
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""What's more, I think you know more about the kind..."
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"The rain fell in sheets, and smacked the ground wi..."
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"Simian took another step forward, so he towered ov..."
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""You. Flinching." Simian smiled sadistically, an..."
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""Why too bad?" Joe coughed again.
The rain..."
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""Once," Joe sighed, his breath a plume of smoke, "..."
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""After that, I put the gun to my own head and pull..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 7:
Justice
She wears a blindfold for a reason.
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"The third letter arrived on Tuesday. Joseph Peque..."
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""Hi, Joe!" she called brightly, waving with the ar..."
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""Oh? What's wrong with the government?"
"T..."
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""Bah!" he spat, making a dismissive gesture with h..."
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"His penis refused to reply. It simply hung there,..."
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"After a brief, professional pause, Gina returned, ..."
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""See? That's the biggest part of your problem, ri..."
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"She fell silent, and he heard her tapping the keys..."
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""Yes, sir, Mr. Pequeno. How may I help you?"
<..."
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""Now, Gina, this is the third time I called to get..."
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""Okay, okay, okay," he groaned, wishing his head w..."
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"Knees cracking and back popping, he stood to reluc..."
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"Joe unlocked the truck of his old Plymouth, raised..."
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"He knew she was curious, but he kept his mouth shu..."
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"He grimaced, his wandering thoughts returned to hi..."
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""The letters, Joe? They want you to go to Texas?"..."
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""Joe!" she gasped, covering her mouth with the han..."
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"Now he turned his steely, piercing gaze on her, an..."
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"He stopped, at last, and turned to face her angril..."
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"Celia snorted, and cocked her round hip for a firm..."
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""That's just the problem, Celia! That's how they'..."
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"She gasped softly. Because his eyes verged with t..."
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""I don't expect you to understand, Celia, but beli..."
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""And this is the only other plan you can come up w..."
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"Joe shrugged. "I'll figure that out when I get th..."
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"She had started to turn away, but stopped short. ..."
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"He smiled and those experienced wrinkles returned ..."
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"Celia smiled and waved and backed up a few steps. ..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 11:
A New Pall of Doom
Another one bites the dust.
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"Even as the sedan's brake lights flared, Simian th..."
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"When he came alongside the door, he leaned low to ..."
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""A couple of miles." The man laughed, "Look, get ..."
Page 4:
""Yeah, me too."
"You passed?" Simian nodde..."
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"Sighing, he relented. "Okay."
The other wa..."
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"Simian nodded. "I don't remember my family name, ..."
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"Simian shrugged. "I don't know. Nowhere, I guess..."
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"Kendrick drove silently for a time, and listened t..."
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""I like to stop by the universities I pass. They'..."
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""You don't have twenty dollars, do you?"
Si..."
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""It's no tougher than any other, I think." Simian..."
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"When Simian offered no reply, Kendrick asked, "Wha..."
Page 13:
""Yeah."
Kendrick waited for the light on th..."
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"Kendrick recovered his self-composure with a scarc..."
Page 15:
"The drifter bit his lip and eyed the bills. "I co..."
Page 16:
"Not requiring more insistence, Simian reached for ..."
Page 17:
"The drifter's heart swelled. Something, he knew, ..."
Page 18:
"Simian was already standing outside. He leaned lo..."
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"The trail crossed through the copse and exited the..."
Page 20:
"Once he ordered and paid for his meal, he received..."
Page 21:
"They were furious, and rebuffed him with derogator..."
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"When it slowed enough to let the asphalt drain, he..."
Page 23:
"He felt no need to hurry, since he was certain nob..."
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""I don't know," he heard the female whisper.
Page 25:
"Simian obliged. He rolled his legs beneath him, a..."
Page 26:
""What are you doing here?" demanded the female, as..."
Page 27:
"Simian shrugged, and sloshed through the mud to co..."
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""What happened last night?" demanded the male, eve..."
Page 29:
""Why would you have a woman's purse in your posses..."
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""I was hitching along Interstate 30, west of Fort ..."
Page 31:
""I like to visit college campuses, when I can. Th..."
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"These two officers suddenly backed up a step. A t..."
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""Dorothy Childress," came the immediate, unhappy r..."
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""Then you'll let me go, right? Because I didn't d..."
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""I'm Detective Lieutenant Anson Goulding, of the U..."
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"The drifter swallowed with great difficulty. His ..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 15:
Anonymity
The promised hell of the failure.
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"To earn extra money, Kendrick sometimes worked Sat..."
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"Kendrick flipped back to the photograph. "Wow," h..."
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"Kendrick smiled and folded the page to the second ..."
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"'Look,' came a rasping hiss, which he knew too wel..."
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"Now he stood inside the booth, and crept through t..."
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"Strangely enough, one of these was an interior vie..."
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"Expecting an immediate firefight, he was disappoin..."
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"Eventually, he paused to extract one disk and inse..."
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"Kendrick thought the warning redundant and unneces..."
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"'Much and often. He will kill you, if he must.' ..."
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"Kendrick's guts burned to hear it. He swallowed b..."
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"He pulled the trigger. The room flashed brilliant..."
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""I'm a policeman."
The old man said, "I don..."
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""Why?"
"Because I can." Kendrick grunted a..."
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"Joe's eyes steadied, and he peered directly throug..."
Page 16:
"Before Kendrick could be overwhelmed again, he sur..."
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"His secret monster neared, sniggering. 'It is a n..."
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"With a violent, mortal shudder, he protested, horr..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 4:
Darkness Was Upon the Face of the Deep
"Afraid of the dark and unable to avoid it, this anonymous citizen ponders relief."
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"One moment asleep, perhaps dreaming, and the next,..."
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"Save for God's eternal promise… the promise of on..."
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"At that moment, he rolled off the bed, and stumble..."
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"No one spoke or nodded. No one waved or wished hi..."
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"-|-
Phillip's desk was a mountain range of ..."
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""I'm not with Engineering."
"-if we don't g..."
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""-then the whole freaking thing is gonna-"
..."
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""What?"
"Your name, what's your name?"
<..."
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""Benny what?"
"Benny freaking Wakowski."
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""Oh, uh..." and he patiently spelled it all out fo..."
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"He turned his dark eyes to the sky. It was purple..."
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"He imagined them sleeping in the darkness, angels ..."
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"The black brow faded away, brooding hatefully....<..."
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"She pretended not to notice, until he said, "I hat..."
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""I went back to working days. I found a job with ..."
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"A lengthy silence followed. The old woman kept he..."
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"Reaching for a microphone, the driver thumbed an o..."
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"The black brow grimaced, and stood again. At the ..."
Page 19:
""I have not known Them at all." The black brow sh..."
Page 20:
"The sobbing stopped. The black brow felt the eart..."
Page 21:
"He cleared his throat and retracted his arm to rea..."
Page 22:
"The priest breathed heavily and crossed his breast..."
Page 23:
"Snow fell across the face of the moon, where his w..."
Page 24:
"His fists hot and vicious in the pockets of his tr..."
Page 25:
"They exchanged puzzled, uncertain glances. The bl..."
Page 26:
"The man came around later in the morning to introd..."
Page 27:
"Now the smile faded. "Yeah, ain't that the truth...."
Page 28:
""What do you mean?"
"Well, let's face it. ..."
Page 29:
""Do you know why? Do you want to know why?"
Page 30:
"He shook his head. No, he lied. He had never fir..."
Page 31:
"Phillip shrugged, and spooned up a lump of green J..."
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"-|-
Phillip pushed the grocery cart down th..."
Page 33:
"She gasped, "What are YOU doing here?"
"Wel..."
Page 34:
"As she rounded the far corner, he called softly, "..."
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"Though he asked questions, they refused to answer,..."
Page 36:
"They released him the next day, with the admonishm..."
Page 37:
"Save for the darkness. He feared the darkness, th..."
Page 38:
"Phillip was not oblivious to the effect. Many tim..."
Horror Fiction
Chapter 8:
The Nightly Terror of Terrors That Come In the Night
Take a ride with the city's finest.
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""You see, what you gotta do, boy, is learn the rul..."
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""What the fuck do you want?!" demanded the torture..."
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""'Aw-right'" mocked Roman, reaching for his baton...."
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"Kendrick used the toe of his well-polished shoe to..."
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""Yeah, sure." Kendrick also surveyed the deterior..."
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"Their squad careened crazily through this emptines..."
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"They need not have bothered. Recovered from the p..."
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"Kendrick didn't think about it. Some things, he h..."
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"He found Roman and Sarah sharing a smoke and talki..."
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""Yeah," echoed Sarah. "That's what it was, for su..."
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""Once upon a time," intoned the old veteran, "The ..."
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""Yeah. Looks like it."
The young dealer wo..."
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""What do we do now?" It seemed Kendrick was forev..."
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"Now Roman surveyed the cul-de-sac again, searching..."
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At the end of their shift, as an undyin..."
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Chapter 12:
O
It's that mask your face makes in moments of ecstacy or terror.
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"Roman and Kendrick finished their shift late by an..."
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""You sound tired, kid. Want to sit this one out?"..."
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"A curly blonde with huge, bouncy breasts, hurried ..."
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"A portly man at her back inserted, "He was fired! ..."
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""Bulging?" queried a distracted Roman Pettigrew.
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"As they approached the doors, a last suited worker..."
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"Roman shook his head, "We don't know that he's arm..."
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"Ken eyed the kiosk, and then the length of the cor..."
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""Poly-Amalgamate, Mr. Ellister speaking."
"..."
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""Mr. Ellister, you have all the time in the world...."
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""I can't come to the lobby. I'm too busy. I have..."
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"Kendrick called back. The man refused to answer, ..."
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""He said it's the last cubby on the left."
..."
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""Mr. Ellister, your work can wait! Come on out, r..."
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""NO, THEY DIDN'T!" screamed the trespasser shrilly..."
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""No."
Roman grimaced sourly, and holstered ..."
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""I don't care, if you do," returned Phillip smartl..."
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"Roman's face soured further, and a rush of red fur..."
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"Ken lingered. He lowered his weapon and put it aw..."
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"Ken stood more easily now. He shook his head gent..."
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""Maybe."
"How will you know when they arriv..."
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"Kendrick shrugged, and said coyly, "That's one sol..."
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"Kendrick felt a familiar presence, and welcomed th..."
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"Kendrick blanched to hear the man's hysterical, fe..."
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"'Of course you did,' returned the beast coolly, it..."
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""Yes. The dead. They are passed, but they are no..."
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""I never knew there could be more than one."
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"Roman belched through the static, "What the hell a..."
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""Which am I?"
"You are the suspect."
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""That rig," Kendrick indicated the man's coat with..."
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"Now the black brow was frightened. He fidgeted wi..."
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"Phillip said nothing. He rocked gently back and f..."
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""Good!" cried Phillip petulantly, but his tone was..."
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"His grin spreading wider, he reached for his handg..."
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"Again, Phillip nodded. He extended his right hand..."
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"Kendrick lowered and holstered his weapon, before ..."
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""Seven-one-six-B, ten-four," returned Dispatch. S..."
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"Kendrick nodded grimly. "He let go the trigger fo..."
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"Kendrick left them there, and exited the little of..."
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Chapter 16:
Imaginary Friend
"A fair weather friend, after all."
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