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Unmasked at Last
Unmasked at Last For many years the rundown farmhouse had stood abandoned at the end of the country road in one of the dark forests of the northern Delmarva Peninsula. The farmhouse appeared to have no useful value to anyone and, as far as anyone knew, no one had lived there for at least 10 years. Local real estate agents avoided it like the plague. Even officials in the county property department charged with removal of abandoned structures ignored the house completely because they felt the cost involved in clearing the overgrowth now leading u...
Orange sparks, autumnal blaze
Araina walked swiftly, mumbwww.onedoor.ccling hasty apologies to pedestrians she blundered into, her vision blurred by tears. Cursing, she swiped angrily at mascara-streaked cheeks and bit down on her trembling lip. She would not break down. Three days. She had three days to break away from the life she’d built. Her heart felt like it was going to burst from pain, and she wrapped her arms tight around herself, as though this would stop her body from exploding into ash and smoke from a burning pyre of rotting terror.What was she going to say to her fiancé? Her friends? Cold fear welled up in her chest, poiso...
Worm Burner
Eyes wrinkled as if squeezing out sand granules. The climbing troop leader sits revelling in his youth.“We climb zero six hundred, tomorrow,” the troop leader says.I nod. Back to reading ‘Ransom’ by David Malouf. “Gramps,” the leader taps my mahogany desk. “Listen. You listen?”I nod. Back to ‘Ransom’ where Priam and Somax are entering the Greek camp. “So, what I say?” “You will leave at six A.M to stomp on, stab with ice pics and conquer the lower slopes of Gyachung Kang.”“Ahh good,” the troop leader rubs callused hands. He offers me a cigarette from is pack of Lucky Strikes.I shake my head. P...
Dance to the end of life
Sasha listened intently to the wind in the trees. The hush-swish sound pounded against her ears, making her pulse race. She felt like a tightly strung violin, responsive to the slightest disturbance around her. A distant crash of thunder made her jump, and she sternly reminded herself that she'd been preparing for this moment all her life- there was nothing to fear.But deep down, she knew that there was everything to fear. Her family's life hung in the balance. Her pace quickened at the thought.It had been a long and arduous journey to this forest. She'd spent an entire day trudging through it...