Cold Shiver_The Man in Black_Cerebral Function_The Boy Behind the Door
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Cold Shiver
TW: murder Cold ShiverBy Heather Ann MartinezBecky’s Diner was the only place to grab food for more than twenty miles along Route 55、 Linus Stillman had been frequenting Becky’s for the majority of the past twenty-five years. It was where he met his wife. It was where he met his birth brother and birth father. It was where he went to when he lost his sales job, when he picked up another and where he felt most at home spring through autumn. Every November, he disappeared from his daily routines. He would emerge the last week of March as if nothing happened. For several weeks out of every year, ..www.onedoor.cc.
The Man in Black
They never saw him coming. How could they? The little town of Saturnia was seated in the crease of a long valley. Everyone there knew each other. There hadn’t ever been a single visitor in its whole history, that was, until now. Esmeralda was following behind the few people collectively heading toward the main square. In that minuscule town, it was the equivalent of a crowd. As she and the others reached the main square, they found the whole town gathered around something Esmeralda could not quite see. Being only six years old, she was able to inch her way through the crowd, ducking through pe...
Cerebral Function
Advisory: Violence“I’ve been here before,” Sophie said, gazing around at the building she was currently standing in.“Have you?” Her friend Maisie was shaking the raindrops out of her hair onto the shiny marble floor of the foyer. “Do you bank here?”Maisie did and this is the reason why they were now seeking refuge from the downpour outside. Maisie was a young lady of convenience; she liked to have places in the same area and so, the bank was situated on the way to her kickboxing class and her knitting group. If she ever had to deal with the mundanities of banking, then she could do it on the w...
The Boy Behind the Door
I find myself running through the silent hallways. The only noise I can hear is my heart beating over and over. Thump-thump. Mania, the goddess of death, and the Keres were probably now noticing that I had escaped. Thump-thump. For the past 2 years, I have been imprisoned, being attacked by shadows left and right. I did not know why the Keres did not kill me in the years I was imprisoned; after all, they are the spirits of violent death. But for some reason, I wasn’t dead yet. The walls in the hallways leading from the dungeon were painted a bright green color. Almost like poisonous acid was ...