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“Mr. Davidson…”Right here my subconscious should have jumped out of bed and shut me up. But when you haven’t slept for more than a week your mind often steps out for a holiday without telling the rest of you where it’s off to. “…I think it’s time that you left. And please don’t come back [...]

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“You just don’t get it,” Robin said leaning back in his chair. Lizzie held up her hands in silent protest but it did nothing to calm the anger inside of him.“I didn’t mean anything by it,” Lizzie said from across their table in the library, “I just don’t understand why you got into a fight [...]

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Elizabeth dragged herself towards the car, leaving Doug to see to her luggage. Twice she stopped to take a gulp from her dwindling water supplies. Arriving with her luggage, Doug flung open all the car doors and signalled towards the tree under which the car was standing.“You’d best stay outside for a few minutes, give [...]

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Tink. Bloop. Tink. Bloop.A loud hoot rose from behind the rusted dumpsters. “Man, do you ever miss?” Brandon slapped his spider-like limbs against the concrete until the crazy laughter bled from him. On cue, Clint rolled a pair of coins up and down his knuckles and with a deft flick of the wrist, both landed [...]

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His First Memories The first trickles of self-awareness stirring in a crib. His baby body nested in blankets snug and warm. The dawn’s light slanting between wooden poles; slicing bars of red between closed eyelids. That self same body a prison: unflinching like brass. Unseen eyes peering coldly down upon him. The Past Mitchell’s mother [...]

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The alarm went off, sending an agonising wave of pulses through Miranda’s head. She gritted her teeth, fumbling for the snooze button. Seven minutes to decide how the day would progress.When did I finally fall asleep? Had the light been seeping in through the Venetian blinds? Or was that yesterday? The day before? Easing back [...]