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Jules DavenportFaith StoryBred Stories 04-07

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  • After The Reckoning
  • The Land of the Discarded
  • Ghost Cafe
  • Tuna fish, mice and that darned Muffy
  • After The Reckoning

      The great thaw began and all of the village emerged from their thatched homes. Dwellings worse for wear after the long, slow darkening. The wintertide lasted much longer than before, and the town folk were eager to meet the new babes, now almost two years old; and also to find out who among them had passed. Some of the younger men were picking up brush and debris and assessing what repairs needed to be made. Meager sunlight struggled through low-slung clouds, but to the gathering clan it meant all things—to come together as a group once again. To barter, gossip, and have fellowship. The scen...umSone door

    The Land of the Discarded

            Why did it have to be the toilet?  Of all the places in my home that I could have found something fantastical, why did it have to be the toilet? I stood in the bathroom, staring down at the filthy porcelain and wondering if it was really worth it, a part of me wishing I never discovered this oddity. But now that I knew it existed and knew just how much depended on me, it felt almost unfair to even complain.         My mind drifted back over the events of the past week.         Tuesday morning, I woke up and went straight to the bathroom. I did this every morning. As I sat and scrolle...umSone door

    Ghost Cafe

    Maria got off the bus and started walking, her steps heavier than they usually were on these days, despite this whole concept itself being somewhat melancholy.  She was a Meeter, like a few others in this world, with the gift of being able to meet people who had died. Many others had the same ability, and with that, despite what others may think, comes little to no knowledge of the afterlife. Many people asked her upon finding out about her gift, as she was likelywww.onedoor.cc the only one they knew of in real life, “so what is the afterlife,” and she was always dissatisfied with her own answer of “I don’...umSone door

    Tuna fish, mice and that darned Muffy

    Eyes open…Eyes shut…Eyes open.(heavy sigh)It’s morning…again!Nan dragged her legs to the edge of the bed and let them drop to the floor.“Ow!”She dragged her 265 pound carcass from the bed and yawned wide while scratching the favorite spot in the crack of her back.Muffy joined Nan in the hallway, purring and rubbing her big gray fury body against Nan’s thick calves.“Where have you been all morning?” Nan said hardly looking down.Muffy purred her response to her master.“Earning your tuna fish no doubt. I don’t expect to see one mingy mouse today you hear!” Nan pushed the bathroom door open and sh...umSone door

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