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Submitted to Contest #325
THE CELLAR A Non-Story in Eight Scenes By Thomas Roland Johnson Scene I: The ShudderErnie is retired, 68 years old and widowed. He lives a lonely life, rarely in his past—for much is obscured to him by age. His life is a boring, repetitious replay of the day before.There is a break from the monotone.Ernie shudders every time he walks past the cellar door. He does not know why. Perhaps it was those childhood stories—scary/funny because you knew how they would end. This was different. This was dark scary. The kind that claws at the back of you...
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