Dead But Not Gone_The Duel_A Long Time Comming_Thirteen in Number
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Dead But Not Gone
DEAD BUT NOT GONEIt was Halloween. He pulled into the timeworn cemetery using the Arsenal Road entrance, his old Ford Torino bumping and shuddering over the uneven hardpan. The cemetery’s roadway wasn’t all that bad Jimmy mused; his car just didn’t handle anything very well other than smooth pavement. It was an ancient graveyard, but the county caretakers did a decent job of keeping the one-lane roadway passable as it snaked its way through the two-acre site.The Ford’s headlights illuminated tombstones as the car crept by, its driver noticing that, although most of the gravesites had a distinc...
The Duel
"It doesn’t count if you are already planning your defeat,” the haggard voice said from beneath the dark hood of the riding cloak. “You know you cannot win, leave while you have the chance.”Just then, a wall of fire erupted around the two figures, separating them from their respective teams. Sonny DeForza knew that there was a skirmish happening outside this wall of flames, but for now, it was just him and the Dark Lord, Gothica. The rest of the world may as well have not existed at all currently.“Here’s your last chance, Sonny,” Gothica taunted as even the flames seemed to whisper vile remar...
A Long Time Comming
Lecturing about the success of others had dented Josephine’s ambition. She grew in contempt of speaking and glorifying the success of other writers. Her own success lied on the fact that she spoke about them in the first place, but that was her job; to teach about the greats and how and why they were so great. Her students never looked like they cared, and Lord knows Josephine barely cared either. During today’s class they were talking about the “Lost generation” of writers; a niche and odd bunch of troubled souls. Most of them died miserable deaths, but even then, they were still remembered ...
Thirteen in Number
“Where is Ariel? We cannot start the meeting until we have thirteen, she knowswww.onedoor.cc that.” “Ariadne, she will be here, she assured me. Perhaps she was delayed with the elders. Stay calm sister.” Twelve were gathered in an old manor house on Salisbury Plains in England, seated around a large wooden table. The chairs were evenly spaced, and each had leather cushions on the seat and back. Thirteen large candles were lit: one behind each chair. On the center of the table a circle of salt and thirteen leaves (representing the members of the coven) were placed in a pile in the center. “Here she is now, c...