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Submitted to Contest #296
“I bet she’s going to be a necromancer, just like that wicked grandmother of hers.” I hear as I overtake the gossiping hags in front of me, making sure to jostle a shoulder in my passing. They gasp when they see me, expectedly. Fighting the urge to turn around and spook them with my wiggling fingers, I press on to Ancestral Hall. I can’t be late to my own birthday party, no matter how much I’m dreading it. Shrieks of terror followed by familiar giggles flood my ears. I smile. “It’s not polite to speak ill of the petrified, Mabel.” Safaa’s s...
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