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Jay WayneVanessa MarczanR. J. Stories 04-07

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  • No Place for Monsters
  • The Waiting
  • THE GREAT SHAG
  • This world is mine.
  • No Place for Monsters

    The town guard calls it the graveyard shift, because everyone knows the most dangerous things in the dark are the dead ones. Hamlin has never found the joke funny, and especially not tonight with the rain and thunder making it difficult to see or hear much of anything as he makes his rounds.As he passes by the cemetery, he feels his shoulders grow tense. The rain and crushing darkness obscure his view, making it impossible to tell if anything is amiss or not. After a long moment of introspection and more than one prayer, Hamlin unlatches the cemetery gate and steps inside.He makes his way amo...9LPone door

    The Waiting

    (Trigger warning: Substance abuse, domestic violence)It reminded me of one of the times I went to rehab. She was an older woman. Her face was creased in places that indicated she had a low bullshit threshold. My dumb questions were answered in a hard, clear voice. She wore a navy blue kimono, her blonde and grey hair tied in a low bun. The gold engraved nametag on her chest read 'Maricourt'. We sat in a thoughtfully designed room. Scandinavian aesthetic. Minimal. Not unlike a hotel room. The walls were cream coloured. The soft, plush carpet was a colour I could only assume was impossible to ke...9LPone door

    THE GREAT SHAG

       Theo strutted through the park, hands in coat pockets, slushing through the carpet of reds and yellows leftover from the trees above. Passing a giant oak, someone he recognized came ambling from the other way. It was Old Man Bob McKimson, a regular among the beaten paths sporting his fisherman’s cap and wool tweed overcoat as usual. He was carrying a walking stick found among the fallen branches and cordially waved it, hoping to stop and talk. Theo obliged, always fascinated by the old man’s tales from days of yonder, but his eyes had that piercing glance even from afar that something seri...9LPone door

    This world is mine.

    “We are meant to bond and break sometimes, there is always a reason to keep them but there is no need to stay with them. Just because there is certain time where the lie and the truth feel the same. That is life and you won’t skip it anyway.” Aidwww.onedoor.ccan said as he stretched his hand to reach out the groundnuts. Neithan stayed mystified with his mind in deep thoughts about Aidan’s breaking topics. “So, what have you got to say?” Aidan said and sticked his face funny with a sneer. “It is not them Aidan, it is her and…” “Yeah I know it is her.” Aidan cut in. “Right now, her truth and lie feel the same...9LPone door

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