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“I awoke not with a bang, nor a whimper, but rather a long steaming tongue scraping its way up the side of my face.”
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I awoke with not a bang, nor a whimper, but rather a long steaming tongue scraping it’s way up the side of my face.
I reached over for the taser that I had placed on the old wooden nightstand that lay on the right of my bed. I kept it near me at all times just in case some thing like this happened. When you hunt every kind of monster for a living, you never know what’ll happen. I extended my ar...
Come on, birds!! Let me sleep just a little longer. 🥱
I know I stayed up a little too late last night, but I’m used to sleeping in until noon when I do that. The birds woke me up at 6 am with their sweet/annoying chirping. Maybe they were asking their Mom for breakfast? Maybe they were just more excited about waking up than I was. Either way, I’m groggy and want to go back to sleep. I wish I cou...
I awoke not with a bang, nor a whimper, but rather a long steaming tongue scraping its way up the side of my face. Its thick pasty saliva drips down onto my chin, the tongue heaving up and down. As I regained my strength, my eyes began to roll open, the darkness of the cave spilling into my eyes. My eyes dart to the creature on my left. My hand reaches out to feel the mysterious creature but it da...
"I awoke not with a bang, not a whimper, but a long steaming tongue scraping its way up the side of my face."
Detective Ambrose's eyes refused to leave his notepad as his right hand darted from left to right. He's a fast writer for a middle-aged man, and I can't help but question his penmanship because from where I'm sitting everything looks like scribbles, chicken scratch as some would say.
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I shot up quickly, backing away from what ever was near. I could hear it’s labored breathing on the other side of the cave. I inched slowly backwards trying to reach the edge of the cave. My finger tips touched something rough, assuming it was the caves wall I curled up trying to become as small as possible.
I had tried to calm down as much as I possibly could . I was probably over thinking, I t...
Everything hurt. Copper penny taste filled my mouth. Stroking my chest, a man-eating tiger scraped its raspy steaming tongue up the side of my face. Good, I thought, I’m home. This is a doozy of a hangover. I nestled into my cat’s inviting orange striped fur.
Suddenly JoJo screaming, the squeal of the truck’s brakes, sparks on the highway, my memories slammed into me. I lurched upright. Poe rubb...
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