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Total Paranoia
Their eyes follow her;Parasites stuck to her backBoring beneath the dermisTo burrow themselvesWithin the gel-soft nucleusHolding together the photonsCentering her worldWhich spin and jerk;Helter-skelter off its axisEven after she’s long fled their sight Those eyesBulge from the shadowsBlinking from the wallsWith wispy lashes that droopOver their soulless yet intent gaze;So much scarierThan the disembodied voicesThat Continue reading
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Monsters in the Dark
Emma wasn’t scared of the dark. When nightmares separated themselves from the spill of formless shadows crowding the spaces of her room, she didn’t scream nor cocoon herself within the safety of her blankets. Instead, she watched rotted hands stretch from beneath her bed while ghoulish eyes blinked at her through the slats of her Continue reading
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Beautiful Eyes
He appeared to her through thin feathers of smoke from her lips. She would have ignored him, but her gaze had already, unwittingly, acknowledged his presence. Over the soft jazz playing from the speakers in the bar, he asked if he could join her. Without much of an answer, shoulders lifted in a casual shrug, Continue reading
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The Roper’s House
The last house on Elmers Road was like a hideous scab that wouldn’t go away. But for whatever reason, it was a hoarded relic attracting intrigue and scorn. Weathered strips of yellow tape still hung around the property with its unkempt hem of browning foliage. Five years ago, Mr. Roper had slaughtered his family within Continue reading
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The Doll
He keeps saying the doll’s the one that killed his parents. But no one’s listening to the crazed cries of an eight-year-old boy with blood splattered on his flushed cheeks, chunks of pink flesh caked beneath his uneven nails. He’s restrained on a hospital bed, wrists and ankles bound, but that doesn’t stop his panicked Continue reading
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