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Submitted to Contest #135
The attic was cold, but cold was better than the piercing heat of angry handprints littered across mottled skin. The sister and brother sat hunched over, bony knees folded into their hollow rib cages like origami. Despite its cramped mustiness, the attic was really the only place they had in the Thing’s house. And, of course, the few picture frames of their deceased mother that sagged along the walls, if those counted for anything. And, the sister’s astronomy book. The sister reached for the book, which smelled of stale air and pla...
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