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Submitted to Contest #169
The cat’s black fur shimmered in the full moon’s light as it left a trail of bloody footprints. Like rose petals dipped in wax, scarlet stains scattered doom across the porch’s splintered boards and led to where the boy’s body lay illuminated by a toothy jack-o’-lantern.A throng of curious neighbors gathered around the caution tape wrapping the border of the white Victorian home—no one got in without police clearance. Beside one of the patrol cars, Henry’s mother, Lois, wept into her husband’s chest; Terry Murphy was doing his best to consol...
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