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Odd, Dark, or Horror Stories. It can't be all tea and possies can it now?
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To Hunt the Hunters
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Who is the true hunter? WC 2697
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Termination Program
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The internet and computer programs are all just a game or so Julie first believed. WC 352
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Light and Shadow
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What is real? 'Shadow people, weird tales cover' WC-454, a love in the shadows
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Midnight Shade
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A dream or Something else? -wc 419
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Pauwau and Hassun
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Even the strongest can be tempted. 481 wc
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UN-Blocked
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The temparary insanity that writing can be. 492 words
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The Stairs Dark Wood
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The darkwood of the stairs reflects the rooms lights or does it?
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The Wraith Poses Once
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A mother finds out her daughter, is dying to be a model. 1826 words
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Method Madness
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Pouring himself into the part the actor becomes someone he no longer recognizes.
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A Child of Earth
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A Revenant, now faces his equal his only advantage gone. - 495 words.
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There is a place for everything
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Everything has a place and some places you should, never, ever go. Word Count 433.
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Dark Ink
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A Tattoo or is it?
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The Trees
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A camping trip in the trees; Contest entry; prompt: Trees; Word Count: 498.
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Purgatory's Waiting Room
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One shades description of "life" after death.
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