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Submitted to Contest #169
The cat appeared out of nowhere. Deirdre wasn't one to scare easily, yet when the black feline materialized on her porch railing between one blink and the next, she couldn't help jumping like a scared kitten. "Jeez." She put a hand over her racing heart and glared at the cat. "Damn it, Callum. Don't do that." The cat blinked big green eyes at her. Wait. Green eyes? Callum's cat had— "Do what, Deirdre?" For the second time in as many minutes, Deirdre jumped as her husband's voice sounded at her shoulder. She spun around and,...
Submitted to Contest #167
The scream was the first indicator that all was not well in dreamland. Blaise growled beside me. We shared a look. And then I started running while she took to the skies with a beat of powerful wings. The wide trail dead-ended at a ditch. I slid to a stop at the top. Below, a father and his daughter cowered against the sandy incline while a creature out of nightmares slithered toward them. A Shadow basilisk. An eighty-foot snake as black as pitch, with eyes of fiery red. It held the pair paralyzed within that burning stare. Within seconds...
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