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#FridayFlash – Possession
Hey hey hey, why don’t you try knocking first? No need to barge in – you might be demonic but manners cost nothing. Don’t look at me like that, I don’t care who sent you, the least you can do is be polite! Now wipe your hooves and come in. So I suppose you want […]
#FridayFlash – Stitched Up
She thought of him often, but today, as she stitched, she realised he’d never loved her. He’d never be able to love her. None of them had. Maybe some of them wanted to, but couldn’t. The needle followed its smooth path, the black stitches small and neat. Her mother taught her to sew when she […]
#FridayFlash – Gallows
They’re all standing down there, pushing and shoving to get up close to the scaffold. Horrible lot, all elbows and knees as they try to get to the front. And they call me the animal! I’m no animal, just someone they don’t understand. They’re baying for blood, or at least a sight they’ll be able […]
#FridayFlash – The Dead-house
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#FridayFlash – The Shadow Cabinet
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