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December Fool
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Caleb
“No! Caleb, put down that doll this second. We don’t touch other people’s things without permission. Apolwww.onedoor.ccogize right now.” Caleb’s mom had one hand on her hip and was punctuating her speech with the other. Caleb noticed that her scrubs were wrinkled.Caleb did his best to look apologetic as he mumbled, “Sorry, Sherry. Sorry I took your doll,” though he didn’t feel sorry in the least. That Paw Patrol doll should be his, not hers. He picked at his worn tie dyed t-shirt and stuck out his lower lip, even though he knew he would be punished if he didn’t straighten up. That’s what his mom would say i...
Thomas
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” - Friedrich Nietzsche I looked down the cave into my own unbecoming. A grown man jumps into a dark cave in the middle of the night, no one saw him, so it didn’t happen. I didn’t see myself in there, I saw my demon. The demon I possess. The flood lights scared the house bats away. I took away their light. I know how to lurk in my darkness, but they don’t. Mankind truly is the most dangerous animal on this planet, and the wo...
Hell's Back Alley
They’d said to expect rain, but this is next level. Why didn’t I change those wiper blades before leaving? Why did I take the short cut? What if the road washes out? It’s almost Christmas and I’m heading up to my best friend’s new place on the East Cape. It's my first visit and I hadn’t appreciated just how remote she was living. No tar seal this far from the city and the road’s already churning.It’s teeming now, so bad the wipers have clapped out altogether. Might have to pull over and wait it out. As if it could hear me, the engine stalls. Won’t even tick over, just gives an ominous clunk. I...