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Submitted to Contest #65
Rain splattered and pooled in the mud over Charlie’s grave and in the middle, Charlie’s ghost sat. He was a young man when he died, only twenty-seven, and even though he had never believed in ghosts, there he was. He knew the air around him was cold. That much was obvious even if he couldn’t feel it. If it wasn’t for the steady and large droplets of water that fell from rolling gray clouds overhead or the brisk wind that rattled what remained of the leaves in the trees, the group of teenagers wearing Halloween costumes that snuck into the ce...
Submitted to Contest #63
By the time I stepped outside, the leaves were on fire. Every fanned blade of foliage had combusted all on its own and all the orange resplendence that had once been so prominent in the sunset just hours before was reduced to blackened embers and licking flames. The air was thick with smoke that climbed ever higher towards the waxing moon. It was the final sign. The one I had been waiting for for so long and I could hardly believe my luck. I was going to be the witch that greeted Aurora Incarnate. It was coming straight to my door. Ye...
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