Sarah Thompson
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Part 5 LEO Leo drove the van out of the summer camp and took the road back to town. He didn’t have to go far to find the road he was looking for—one that didn’t exist a week ago. He stopped the car in the middle of the three-way junction, peering ahead at where the pavement met the newly-applied gravel road, illuminated only by a single street light. The darkness beckoned. Leo looked down at the GPS on his phone. No off-shoot road showed on the screen from where the blue dot—his current…-
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Part 4 Eddie took a deep breath in the van and glanced at his reflection in the rearview mirror. He frowned and swiveled the mirror to the other side. Grabbing his knife, he climbed out of the van and stabbed the front tire, which let out an audible hiss. “Trying not to get them to follow you?” I commented, amused. Let’s see how that worked out for him. I thought he could hotwire the van, but he didn’t know how. Eddie ran toward the visitor’s center before taking the path into the woods; his…
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Part 3 John glanced at his watch, realizing it was almost midnight. Leo perused through his various torture tools like a surgeon inside an operating room, picking up and feeling the weight of a mallet. John gave his shoulder a gentle tap and a shake of his head. Leo’s shoulders slumped, and they regarded Eddie. “Hey, man, we’re gonna take a break,” Leo said casually, like they’re going on recess. “But you better use this time to take a breath and think about your choices, you know? It better…
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Part 2 Not even two hours after the cabin was built and the demon left to dig up my body a few miles away, I encountered a major problem. A white van approached from the main southern road but didn’t look lost. At first, I thought it was Coach Hodge and his little band of cultist fucks, but I instructed the demon not to text them until we retrieved my dead body back to the cabin. However, the van drove past the branching dirt path leading to my place, heading straight for the abandoned Cedar Pine…
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FINDERS KEEPERS Part 1 Maxine trudged through the woods while I nestled inside her jacket’s pocket, guiding the way. She carried a shovel with her. I guessed I shouldn’t be surprised that a cultist had a spare shovel in her trunk, probably to bury a body at a moment’s notice. Maxine seemed like the type of person who came prepared for a gunfight. All of PHPD were looking for the red Ford Explorer. We had been walking for four hours now, but the demon never tired nor complained about the trek…
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Part 12 A minute passed. Then another. And another. And another. Instantly, I felt that strange tug in the air, raising goosebumps up my spine and at the nape of my neck. Small wispy blots passed through the house’s walls across the street, flying toward me, then dove into the earth before they reached the Yates’s front door. Down to the basement where my gem lay hidden. [You have gained [You have gained My heart sank. I’ve taken a life. Sure, it came from my demon, but I was the one who…
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Part 11 Maxine looked in my direction, smiling. “She screams beautifully, my liege,” she said. I shuddered. “Can she see me, too, demon?” I asked. Maxine nodded. “She sees. She screams. She I clenched my teeth. “I aim to serve, lord dungeon.” “Was that a spell she cast?” “A child’s trick, my liege,” Maxine said indifferently. “Coz it sounds like it fucking hurt.” “It will only last a few seconds. Once she cast the spell, it wouldn’t take effect again for a minute…
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Part 10 Ashley slinked back into the mist and into the shower stall. The door swung open. Maxine stood shaking by the door frame, mouth hanging open, covering it with her hands. She couldn’t scream. She couldn’t process what was in front of her—Adam lying on the ground, eyes wide open, covered in blood, his throat slashed clean to the bone. “A-d-am?” Maxine let out a stuttered breath. Seeing her husband’s body was enough to plummet her Resolve from a bright orange to a hungry darker shade.…
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NIGHTMARE SUBURBIA Part 9 After ten minutes had passed since Ashley went upstairs—and Dave did not show up—Maxine leaned over to Adam with a worried gaze to the stairs. “I don’t think he’s coming,” she said. “Is he even home?” “Ashley told us he’s here.” “He must be busy?” Adam craned his neck to peer into the backyard. “Well, he’s definitely not out there.” “And did you see that earlier?” Maxine asked. “See what?” “I thought Ash got blood under her…
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NIGHTMARE SUBURBIA Part 8 by Toby Malley, KGWA Staff Fri, September 22nd 2023, 6:30 PM PDT Point Hope, Oregon (AP): Hundreds of terrified residents fled from Point Hope’s affluent neighborhood, known by locals as Green Hill, after a brutal mass slaying, shortly between 12 noon to 1 PM, authorities said. The gruesome crime unfolded in a quiet suburban neighborhood, leaving residents in a state of fear and disbelief. Law enforcement agencies swiftly responded to multiple emergency calls reporting…
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