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THE OCEAN'S END CHAPTER 2: BIRTH OF THE KAJWEN A current guided him throughout the red ocean, keeping him afloat as if angels carried him.  The dwellers of the surface breathed the toxic air and ate rotten food touched by the storm; their thin, pale bodies shriveled like raisins under the crimson sun; all water …

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DREAM STATE I sit at my desk, tapping my fingers as my leg trembles in an anxious panic for the day ahead. A week ago, I applied to be a subject for an experiment that is supposed to cure sleeplessness in adults. Night errors have kept me awake since adolescence, afraid to sleep or else …

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THE OCEAN'S END CHAPTER ONE: HELL STORM Without an omen, the sky turned blood red and a hard rain poured. A massive black cloud that unleashed black lightning formed like a sudden stroke of paint then faded seconds later, and with every lightning strike there followed a crackling thunder that shook the ground. The mind-numbing …

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SERVANTS OF GOD CHAPTER ONE: DEATH OF THE WITCH As Matthew finishes the portrait of the gaunt, pale woman slouching in front of him, adding a little more blue to her dull eyes and red to her cheeks, he sinks into a strong sense of unfulfillment. It took years to perfect the art of painting …

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DEATH & DISMAY Gathered around the table are Jamie and three other strangers dressed up in what they consider demonic garb, trying to get settled into their characters for their newest campaign. Tonight’s game is a mystery. Though Jamie is considered the master of this game, the story will be told by an ancient book …

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HOLE Tucker thanks the hostess for his iced coffee before leaving the shop.  “Of course! Please come again.” She smiles and waves goodbye.  The sweetness of iced coffee was his first taste when he got out of the psych ward. It made him less sad about missing precious time with his parents, as it reminded …

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QUEEN OF THE SOUTH Euphoria consumes a man’s body; he’s now floating in a cool wind that guides him to a beckoning garden of unfamiliar flowers. Through a kaleidoscope of alternating bright colors, he hears his name, as if someone is screaming for him. He tells the other voice he is near, just needs more …

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