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Submitted to Contest #42
An atheist public health inspector at an allegedly haunted Catholic boarding school sounds like the start of a joke, but for the next week or so, it’s my life. I grab my dictation machine and hit record. “Patient’s name is Maria Williams. Female, age 14. Patient is presenting with acute sporadic paralysis of both legs, complaining of shooting pains from the hips down to the knees. Patient also is experiencing apparent psychosis. She claims to see visions of a woman in white bleeding from the mouth, haunting her at night.” I pause and s...
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